Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature?

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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Progress, this great heresy of decay.

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

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

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

Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.

Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.

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.

I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.

I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.

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...

I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.

I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

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.

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if were...

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if were...

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...

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.

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.

Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which,...

Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which,...

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,...

As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of...

As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of...

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...

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.

When you feel good about yourself, others will feel good about you, too.

When you feel good about yourself, others will feel good about you, too.

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.