Best Theophile Gautier Quotes
- To extract beauty from one's own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art. Art
- The arts teach and moralise by their beauty alone, not by translating a philosophical or social formula. For the truly artistic person, painting has itself… Alone
- Literature has nothing to do with usefulness; the most useful place in any house is the toilet. Any
- Cats are the tigers of us poor devils. Cat
- It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. Affection
- To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. Admiration
- Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist. Any
- Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen. Eye
- I was born to travel and write verse. Born
- Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution. Art
- What I write is not for little girls. Girl
- The cat is a dilettante in fur. Cat
- The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist. Exist
- What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one; and gratitude is a short cut which… Bred
- Whatever may have been said of the satiety of pleasure and of the disgust which usually follows passion, any man who has anything of a… Any
- It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own habits, fond of… Affection
- Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. Chance
- A cat will be your friend, but never your slave. Cat
- Love is perhaps the only glimpse of eternity. Eternity
- Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate. Chocolate