The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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What is art? Prostitution.

What is art? Prostitution.

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...

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

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

The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most...

The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most...

Genius is childhood recalled at will.

Genius is childhood recalled at will.

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

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.

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

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....

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...

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered,...

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered,...

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...

But a dandy can never be a vulgar man.

But a dandy can never be a vulgar man.

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...

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

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

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

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...

A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.

A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

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...