Quotes about Theophile Gautier

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

#Theophile Gautier

I was born to travel and write verse.

#Theophile Gautier

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

#Theophile Gautier

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

#Theophile Gautier

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

#Theophile Gautier

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

#Theophile Gautier

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

#Theophile Gautier

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

#Theophile Gautier

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

#Theophile Gautier

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

#Theophile Gautier

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

#Theophile Gautier

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

#Theophile Gautier