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

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of time. And...

We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of time. And...

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.

To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important...

To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important...

There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.

There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.

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...

It is unfortunately very true that, without leisure and money, love can be no more...

It is unfortunately very true that, without leisure and money, love can be no more...

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among...

France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among...

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!

Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses.

Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses.

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and...

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and...

It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time,...

It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time,...

How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But...

How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But...

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if were...

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if were...

Music fathoms the sky.

Music fathoms the sky.

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.

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...

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness...

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness...

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

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

If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force.

If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force.