“To be beautiful, handsome, means that you possess a power which makes all smile upon and welcome you; that everybody is impressed… — Théophile Gautier Beauty Copy Share Image
Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest. — Theophile Gautier Brevity Copy Share Image
“And of a Sunday swarm the folk Under the honeysuckle vine, Quaffing, the while they talk and smoke, The sun, the melody,… — Théophile Gautier Folk Copy Share Image
“If thou wilt be mine, I shall make thee happier than God Himself in His paradise. The angels themselves will be jealous… — Théophile Gautier Love Copy Share Image
Literature has nothing to do with usefulness; the most useful place in any house is the toilet. — Theophile Gautier Books Copy Share Image
“I have often been charged with falsehood and hypocrisy, yet there lives not the man who would more gladly than I speak… — Théophile Gautier Earnestness Copy Share Image
Whatever may have been said of the satiety of pleasure and of the disgust which usually follows passion, any man who has… — Theophile Gautier Disgusting Copy Share Image
“What constitutes the pleasure of the traveler is the obstacle, the fatigue, the peril itself. What pleasure can there be in an… — Théophile Gautier Adventure Copy Share Image
[A cat] will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society... — Theophile Gautier Cat Copy Share Image
“Things perish. Gods have passed. But song sublimely cast Shall citadels outlast.” — Théophile Gautier Citadels Copy Share Image
Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living. — Theophile Gautier Body Copy Share Image
The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals — Theophile Gautier Animal Copy Share Image
What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one; and gratitude is a… — Theophile Gautier Cutting Copy Share Image
“Tear up that funeral shroud—you are going to smother yourself in it. I am beauty, I am youth, I am life—come to… — Théophile Gautier Beauty Copy Share Image
The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing. — Theophile Gautier Career Copy Share Image
“The very essence of ballet is poetic, deriving from dreams rather than from reality. About the only reason for its existence is… — Théophile Gautier Dance Copy Share Image
“For Art alone is great: The bust survives the state, The crown the potentate.” — Théophile Gautier Art Copy Share Image
“You know, the immortality of the soul, free will and all that -- it's all very amusing to talk about up to… — Théophile Gautier Death Copy Share Image
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