Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical means to express itself, and with the analytical mind that enables it to bring order into the sum of experience, involuntarily amassed.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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Genius is childhood recalled at will.

Genius is childhood recalled at will.

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...

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...

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive...

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive...

The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to...

The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to...

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.

But a dandy can never be a vulgar man.

But a dandy can never be a vulgar man.

Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which,...

Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which,...

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

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...

Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and...

Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and...

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.

I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in...

I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in...

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...

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...

This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to...

This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to...

It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of...

It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of...

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.