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Charles Baudelaire Quotes

Any man who does not accept the conditions of human life sells his soul Picture Quote #1

An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures, but which at the same time implies and contains an equally exquisite sense of all deformities and all disproportion Picture Quote #1

The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find Picture Quote #1

Common sense tells us that the things of the Earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams Picture Quote #1

Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction Picture Quote #1

Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art Picture Quote #1

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I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial Picture Quote #1

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws Picture Quote #1

It is the hour to be drunken! To escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish Picture Quote #1

It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish Picture Quote #1

It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of masculine beauty is Satan, as portrayed by Milton Picture Quote #1

Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable Picture Quote #1

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Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable Picture Quote #1

Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances Picture Quote #1

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place Picture Quote #1

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs Picture Quote #1

The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present Picture Quote #1

The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight Picture Quote #1

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There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create Picture Quote #1

This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed Picture Quote #1

The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated Picture Quote #1

What is it that brings on these moods of yours? Nothing mysterious: the ordinary pain of being alive Picture Quote #1

In art, there is one thing which does not receive sufficient attention. The element which is left to the human will is not nearly so large as people think Picture Quote #1

How many years of fatigue and punishment it takes to learn the simple truth that work, that disagreeable thing, is the only way of not suffering in life, or at all events, of suffering less Picture Quote #1

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All good and genuine draftsmen draw according to the picture inscribed in their minds, and not according to nature Picture Quote #1

I love the clouds... the clouds that pass by... over there... over there... those lovely clouds! Picture Quote #1

As for techniques and processes, as seen in the works themselves, neither public nor artists will find anything about them here. Those things are learned in the studio and the public is interested only in the results Picture Quote #1

Man loves man so much that when he flees the city, it is still to seek the crowd, that is, to rebuild the city in the country Picture Quote #1

It is good sometimes that the happy of this world should learn, were it only to humble their foolish pride for an instant, that there are higher, wider, and rarer joys than theirs Picture Quote #1

Everything that gives pleasure has its reason. To scorn the mobs of those who go astray is not the means to bring them around Picture Quote #1

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Any man who does not accept the conditions of human life sells his soul (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures, but which at the same time implies and contains an equally exquisite sense of all deformities and all disproportion (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) Common sense tells us that the things of the Earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) It is the hour to be drunken! To escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of masculine beauty is Satan, as portrayed by Milton (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) What is it that brings on these moods of yours? Nothing mysterious: the ordinary pain of being alive (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) In art, there is one thing which does not receive sufficient attention. The element which is left to the human will is not nearly so large as people think (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) How many years of fatigue and punishment it takes to learn the simple truth that work, that disagreeable thing, is the only way of not suffering in life, or at all events, of suffering less (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) All good and genuine draftsmen draw according to the picture inscribed in their minds, and not according to nature (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) I love the clouds... the clouds that pass by... over there... over there... those lovely clouds! (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) As for techniques and processes, as seen in the works themselves, neither public nor artists will find anything about them here. Those things are learned in the studio and the public is interested only in the results (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) Man loves man so much that when he flees the city, it is still to seek the crowd, that is, to rebuild the city in the country (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) It is good sometimes that the happy of this world should learn, were it only to humble their foolish pride for an instant, that there are higher, wider, and rarer joys than theirs (Charles Baudelaire Quotes) Everything that gives pleasure has its reason. To scorn the mobs of those who go astray is not the means to bring them around (Charles Baudelaire Quotes)

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