Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity, grants full liberty to the individual and asks no better than to be celebrated in each man's own language -…

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.

Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.

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 dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end...

There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end...

Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art.

Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

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...

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...

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.

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...

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...

What is art? Prostitution.

What is art? Prostitution.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the...

Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the...

It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.

It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.

I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies...

I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies...