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