Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist. — Theophile Gautier Art Copy Share Image
You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet. — Theophile Gautier Critics Copy Share Image
Yes I have loved, as no one on earth ever loved, with an insensate and furious love, so violent that I wonder… — Theophile Gautier Break Copy Share Image
Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. — Theophile Gautier Chance Copy Share Image
“What is certain is that the world has got beyond the stage at which one may affect modesty and maidenly shame, and… — Théophile Gautier Marriage Copy Share Image
The arts teach and moralise by their beauty alone, not by translating a philosophical or social formula. For the truly artistic person,… — Theophile Gautier Art Copy Share Image
“Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.” — Théophile Gautier God Copy Share Image
“One evening he was in his room, his brow pressing hard against the pane, looking, without seeing them, at the chestnut trees… — Théophile Gautier Darkness Copy Share Image
“And then again, I am no longer quite such a good-looking young fellow that tapestries leap off the wall in my honour.” — Théophile Gautier Copy Share Image
“Here a few poor and stunted flowers stood with drooping heads, like a convent of consumptive girls, waiting for a ray of… — Théophile Gautier Gardening Copy Share Image
“[The critic] serves up his erudition in strong doses; he pours out all the knowledge he got up the day before in… — Théophile Gautier Books Copy Share Image
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. — Theophile Gautier Animal behavior Copy Share Image
“Although it was only six o'clock, the night was already dark. The fog, made thicker by its proximity to the Seine, blurred… — Théophile Gautier Cold Copy Share Image
Only that which serves no end is beautiful; everything useful is ugly. — Theophile Gautier Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Some centuries ago they had Raphael and Michael Angelo; now we have Mr. Paul Delaroche, and all because we are progressing. You… — Théophile Gautier Art Copy Share Image
The cat makes himself the companion of your hours of solitude, melancholy and toil. — Theophile Gautier Cat Copy Share Image
It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own… — Theophile Gautier Affection Copy Share Image
Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes! — Theophile Gautier Animal Copy Share Image
[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire. — Theophile Gautier Art Copy Share Image
To extract beauty from one's own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art. — Theophile Gautier Art Copy Share Image
The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought… — Theophile Gautier Being loved Copy Share Image
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