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Type: Poet Quotes Category: French Poet Quotes Date of Birth: August 30, 1811 Date of Death: October 23, 1872 Nationality: French Find on Amazon: Theophile Gautier Related Authors: Charles Baudelaire Jean de La Fontaine Tahar Ben Jelloun Paul Valery Alfred de Vigny Raymond Queneau Marie de France |
A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.
Theophile Gautier Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist. Theophile Gautier Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution. Theophile Gautier Books follow morals, and not morals books. Theophile Gautier Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. Theophile Gautier Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living. Theophile Gautier Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen. Theophile Gautier I am a man for whom the outside world exists. Theophile Gautier I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity. Theophile Gautier I was born to travel and write verse. Theophile Gautier If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave. Theophile Gautier 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 Sooner barbarity than boredom. Theophile Gautier The cat is a dilettante in fur. Theophile Gautier The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist. Theophile Gautier To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. Theophile Gautier What I write is not for little girls. Theophile Gautier Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel. Theophile Gautier You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet. Theophile Gautier |
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