I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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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!

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

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.

If photography is allowed to stand in for art in some of its functions it...

If photography is allowed to stand in for art in some of its functions it...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Beauty is the sole ambition, the exclusive goal of Taste.

Beauty is the sole ambition, the exclusive goal of Taste.

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...

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...

The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before...

The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before...

Music fathoms the sky.

Music fathoms the sky.

The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover...

The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover...

God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.

God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.

Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses.

Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses.

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...

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

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

By the Way of the warrior is meant death. The Way of the warrior is...

By the Way of the warrior is meant death. The Way of the warrior is...

And death shall have no dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the...

And death shall have no dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the...