Theophile Gautier Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
Theophile Gautier Quotes and Sayings
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A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.
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Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.
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Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.
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Books follow morals, and not morals books.
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Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
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Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.
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Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.
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I am a man for whom the outside world exists.
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I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.
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I was born to travel and write verse.
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If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.
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It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.
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Sooner barbarity than boredom.
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The cat is a dilettante in fur.
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The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.
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To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.
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What I write is not for little girls.
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Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.
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You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.
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