The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible…

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

Topics: Women Quotes

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,...

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.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness...

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness...

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...

The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped...

The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped...

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 is from the womb of art that criticism was born.

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

Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the...

Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the...

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the...

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the...

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up...

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up...

Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always...

Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always...

Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical...

Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical...

Everything for me becomes allegory.

Everything for me becomes allegory.

To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.

To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.

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.

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...

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...

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.