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Charles Baudelaire Quotes

Charles Baudelaire quotes

French Poet, Critic April 9, 1821 – August 31, 1867

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Charles Baudelaire quote: "You walk on corpses, beauty, undismayed."
You walk on corpses, beauty, undismayed. Charles Baudelaire
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
That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal; from which it follows that irregularity? that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are a essential part and characteristic of beauty. Charles Baudelaire
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
Charles Baudelaire quote: "Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O..."
Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty! Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "The beautiful is always bizarre."
The beautiful is always bizarre. Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of..."
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty."
Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty. Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no..."
I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy. Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and..."
All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation. Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "The Beautiful is always strange."
The Beautiful is always strange. Charles Baudelaire
Be always drunken. Nothing else matters: that is the only question. If you would not feel the horrible burden of Time weighing on your shoulders and crushing you to the earth, be drunken continually. Drunken with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you will. But be drunken. Charles Baudelaire
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
Nature is a temple, where the living. Columns sometimes breathe confusing speech; Man walks within these groves of symbols, each. Of which regards him as a kindred thing. Charles Baudelaire
To be away from home and yet to feel oneself everywhere at home; to see the world, to be at the centre of the world, and yet to remain hidden from the world—impartial natures which the tongue can but clumsily define. The spectator is a prince who everywhere rejoices in his incognito. Charles Baudelaire

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