“To love or have loved - that is enough. Demand nothing more. There is no other pearl to be found in the shadowy folds of life.” - Victor Hugo
An artfully illustrated book of poetry, literary excerpts, and musings on the noblest human emotion: love. From Viktor Frankl's insight that "love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire" to Rilke's humble desire "with only this one dream: you come too," this exquisite collection speaks to all of us at a time when loving one another seems more important than ever.
This artful pocket edition is illustrated by Obvious State Founder, Evan Robertson and is printed in the United States on beautiful premium paper. It makes a great gift for literature and art lovers alike.
INCLUDED WRITERS
Victor Hugo, Jane Austen, James Joyce, William Shakespeare, Leo Tolstoy, Charles Dickens, Rainer Maria Rilke, E.M. Forster, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Dickinson, W.B. Yeats, Sara Teasdale, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, E.E. Cummings, Colette, William Carlos Williams, Christina Rossetti, Emily Brontë, George Sand, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Zora Neale Hurston, John Keats, Viktor Frankl, Rumi, George Eliot and more.
DETAILS
Obvious State is a creative studio and publisher founded by Nichole and Evan Robertson in 2011.
We make bold, illustrated editions and fine art drawn from the classics.
Our books and prints are available in our shop and in bookstores and boutiques nationwide.
Our work has been featured at The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The American Writers Museum, The Emily Dickinson Museum, The Library of Congress, The Getty Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art and more.
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Provocative visuals paired with punctuated language, full of surprising visual metaphors, subtext, and insider nudges that reveal themselves slowly.
Our pocket editions are portable art objects made to collect, share, and inspire moments of quiet reflection in an overstimulated digital world.
We’re drawn to language that has stood the test of time, insights that strike a chord, poetry that stretches the imagination, and philosophy that prompts critical thinking.
