Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.

Quote by Theophile Gautier

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What I write is not for little girls.

What I write is not for little girls.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.

Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own...

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own...

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse of eternity.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse of eternity.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care...

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care...

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never...

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never...

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the...

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the...

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.