Who said "I have died a thousand times in the pursuit of beauty."?

This quote is attributed to Gérard de Nerval.

I have died a thousand times in the pursuit of beauty. - Gérard de Nerval

"I have died a thousand times in the pursuit of beauty."

Gérard de Nerval Art

Poet Writer French 1808–1855

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