All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.

I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.

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...

Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the...

Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the...

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.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of...

Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of...

Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.

Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.

Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a...

Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a...

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.

Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!

Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!

Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!

Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!

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...

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

What is art? Prostitution.

What is art? Prostitution.

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

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

It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood...

It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood...

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle....

In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle....

Any newspaper, from the first line to the last, is nothing but a web of...

Any newspaper, from the first line to the last, is nothing but a web of...