Art Quote by Théophile Gautier

“(Decadent style) is ingenious, complicated, learned, full of shades of meaning and research, always pushing further the limits of language... forcing itself to express…

— Theophile Gautier

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

— Theophile Gautier

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

— Theophile Gautier

[A cat] will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness.

— Theophile Gautier

“It is as absurd to say that a man is a drunkard because he describes an orgy or a debauchee because he recounts a…

— Théophile Gautier

It may well be that the pictures of Courbet, Manet, Monet and their like contain beauties which escape the notice of such old romantic…

— Theophile Gautier

“What is the use of beauty in woman? Provided a woman is physically well made and capable of bearing children, she will always be…

— Théophile Gautier

“Smoke By Théophile Gautier Translated by Norman R. Shapiro Over there, trees are sheltering A hunchedback hut... A slum, no more... Roof askew, walls…

— Theophile Gautier

It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.

— Theophile Gautier

There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expression…

— Theophile Gautier

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

— Theophile Gautier

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

— Theophile Gautier