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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There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the...

There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the...

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...

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.

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...

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...

To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality,...

To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality,...

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even,...

The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even,...

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...

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Every idea is endowed of itself with immortal life, like a human being. All created...

Every idea is endowed of itself with immortal life, like a human being. All created...

It would perhaps be nice to be alternately the victim and the executioner.

It would perhaps be nice to be alternately the victim and the executioner.

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.

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

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

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be...

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be...

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...

Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses.

Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses.

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.

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.