Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

Quote by Theophile Gautier

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To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the...

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the...

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never...

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never...

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never...

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never...

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

What I write is not for little girls.

What I write is not for little girls.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.

When we love - we grow

When we love - we grow

Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.

Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse of eternity.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse of eternity.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.