I am a man for whom the outside world exists.
Theophile Gautier
Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.
Theophile Gautier
What I write is not for little girls.
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
The cat is a dilettante in fur.
Theophile Gautier
Sooner barbarity than boredom.
Theophile Gautier
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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
If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.
Theophile Gautier
I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.
Theophile Gautier
You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.
Theophile Gautier
Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.
Theophile Gautier
Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.
Theophile Gautier
Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
Theophile Gautier
Books follow morals, and not morals books.
Theophile Gautier
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.
Theophile Gautier
Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.
Theophile Gautier
A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.
Theophile Gautier
I was born to travel and write verse.
Theophile Gautier
