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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It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one...

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one...

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.

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.

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

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

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

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

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

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...

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

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...

I was born to travel and write verse.

I was born to travel and write verse.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

What I write is not for little girls.

What I write is not for little girls.

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...

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.

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.

When we love - we grow

When we love - we grow

How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to...

How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to...

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable