The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the...

There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the...

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To...

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To...

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.

Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it...

Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it...

Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish,...

Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish,...

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else.

A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else.

For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and...

For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and...

Everything for me becomes allegory.

Everything for me becomes allegory.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.

We are all born marked for evil.

We are all born marked for evil.

The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things.

The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things.

Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.

Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be...

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be...