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Theophile Gautier Quotes

Theophile Gautier quotes

French Poet August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872

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Nothing is truly beautiful unless it cannot be used for anything; everything that is useful is ugly because it is the expression of some need, and those of man are ignoble and disgusting, like his poor and infirm nature. Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier quote: "Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice..."
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution. Theophile Gautier
Here a few poor and stunted flowers stood with drooping heads, like a convent of consumptive girls, waiting for a ray of sunlight to dry out their leaves already half-rotten with the damp. Theophile Gautier
Although it was only six o'clock, the night was already dark. The fog, made thicker by its proximity to the Seine, blurred every detail with its ragged veils, punctured at various distances by the reddish glow of lanterns and bars of light escaping from illuminated windows. The road was soaked with rain and glittered under the street-lamps, like a lake reflecting strings of lights. A bitter wind, heavy with icy particles, whipped at my face, its howling forming the high notes of a symphony... Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier quote: "I was born to travel and write verse."
I was born to travel and write verse. Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier quote: "What I write is not for little girls."
What I write is not for little girls. Theophile Gautier
Those horses must have been Spanish jennets, born of mares mated with a zephyr; for they went as swiftly as the wind, and the moon, which had risen at our departure to give us light, rolled through the sky like a wheel detached from its carriage... Theophile Gautier
I have often been charged with falsehood and hypocrisy, yet there lives not the man who would more gladly than I speak truthfully and lay bare his heart; but as I have not one idea, one feeling in common with the people who surround me, as the very first word I should speak truthfully would cause a general hue and cry, I have preferred to keep silent, or, if I do speak, to utter only stupid commonplaces which everyone has agreed to believe in. Theophile Gautier
I had never been into society; for me the world was the enclosure of the college and the seminary. I had a vague knowledge that there was a something called woman, but I never dwelt upon the subject; I was absolutely innocent. I saw my infirm old mother only twice a year; that was the extent of my connection with the outside world. Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier quote: "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. Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier quote: "Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen."
Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen. Theophile Gautier
I longed to be able to gather my whole life-force into a single impulse, and transmit it to her and blow into her frozen remains the fire that was consuming me. Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier quote: "Books follow morals, and not morals books."
Books follow morals, and not morals books. Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier quote: "The public, which has been wrong before and is wrong now, can..."
The public, which has been wrong before and is wrong now, can accept only demons and angels on the stage Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier quote: "The cat is a dilettante in fur."
The cat is a dilettante in fur. Theophile Gautier

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