There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

Topics: Work Quotes

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...

The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And...

The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And...

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

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.

I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.

I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.

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.

What is art? Prostitution.

What is art? Prostitution.

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...

Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a...

Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a...

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...

There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.

There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.

There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.

There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Genius is childhood recalled at will.

Genius is childhood recalled at will.

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,...

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...