Genius is childhood recalled at will.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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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.

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.

To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.

To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.

It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of...

It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of...

To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is...

To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is...

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

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,...

There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you...

There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you...

I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.

I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.

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...

Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature?

Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature?

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the...

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the...

Music fathoms the sky.

Music fathoms the sky.

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...

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...

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...

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...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

A lot of people are in a position of power because their ambition far exceeded...

A lot of people are in a position of power because their ambition far exceeded...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry...

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry...