Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art,...

Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art,...

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

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

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

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...

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To...

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To...

We are all born marked for evil.

We are all born marked for evil.

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...

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

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.

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...

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

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...

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...

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...

An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense...

An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense...

In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle....

In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle....

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...