“I was born to travel and write verse.”
Théophile Gautier
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“Books follow morals, and not morals books.”
Théophile Gautier
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“Any man which an idea, however subtle and unexpected it may be, finds lacking, is not a writer. The inexpressible does not exist.”
Théophile Gautier
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“Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.”
Théophile Gautier
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“Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.”
Théophile Gautier
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“[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.”
Théophile Gautier
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“There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expression of some need, and man’s needs are ignoble and disgusting like his own poor and infirm nature. The most useful place in a house is the water-closet.”
Théophile Gautier
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