Comme l'imagination a cre e le monde, elle le gouverne. Because imagination created the world, it governs it. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
It is good sometimes that the happy of this world should learn, were it only to humble their foolish pride for an… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Certes, je sortirai quant a' moi satisfait D'un monde o u' l'action n'est pas la soeur du re" ve. Indeed, for my… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
To be away from home and yet to feel oneself everywhere at home; to see the world, to be at the centre… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
To dream magnificently is not a gift given to all men, and even for those who possess it, it runs a strong… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
For the perfect idler, for the passionate observer it becomes an immense source of enjoyment to establish his dwelling in the throng,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature? — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”—Charles Baudelaire “The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“This life is a hospital in which each patient is possessed by the desire to change beds. One wants to suffer in front of… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity, grants full liberty to… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
But the true voyagers are only those who leave Just to be leaving; hearts light, like balloons, They never turn aside from their fatality… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Amer savoir, celui qu'on tire du voyage! Bitter is the knowledge gained in travelling. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“I can barely conceive a type of beauty in which there is no melancholy.” — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
The vices of man, as full of horror as one might suppose them to be, contain the proof (if in nothing else but their… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Multitude, solitude: equal and interchangeable terms for the active and prolific poet. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
