Art Quote by Max Beerbohm

These beings have no other status, but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons, of satisfying their passions, of feeling…

— Charles Baudelaire

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

— William Hazlitt

Dandyism is a species of genius.

— William Hazlitt

Dandyism is a lie which reveals the truth, and the truth is that we are what we pretend to be.

— Sebastian Horsley

Being a dandy is a condition rather than a profession. It is a defense against suffering and a celebration of life.

— Sebastian Horsley

“The Dandy is the highest form of existence attainable by the human form. His life is exclusively dedicated to dressing exquisitely, parading about the…

— Gustav Temple and Vic Darkwood

A dandy is a clothes-wearing man--a man whose trade, office, and existence consist in the wearing of clothes. Every faculty of his soul, spirit,…

— Thomas Carlyle

Dandyism is the last flicker of heroism in decadent ages.... Dandyism is a setting sun; like the declining star, it is magnificent, without heat…

— Charles Baudelaire

Eternal superiority of the Dandy. What is the Dandy?

— Charles Baudelaire

Everyone says Oscar Wilde was a dandy, but he wasn't - he was an aesthete. He took pleasure in food and stuff like that.…

— Sebastian Horsley

The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs. It is a disease which arises from men no having sufficient power of expression to…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton