You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.

Quote by Theophile Gautier

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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...

When we love - we grow

When we love - we grow

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

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...

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

I was born to travel and write verse.

I was born to travel and write verse.

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.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

What I write is not for little girls.

What I write is not for little girls.

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

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

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

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

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.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

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.