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Theophile Gautier quotes: Literature has nothing to do with usefulness; the most useful place in any house is the toilet.

Literature has nothing to do with usefulness; the most useful place in any house is the toilet.

Theophile Gautier quotes: When we love - we grow

When we love - we grow

Theophile Gautier quotes: Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Good heavens! what a foolish thing is this pretended perfectibility of the human race which is continually being dinned into our ears!

Good heavens! what a foolish thing is this pretended perfectibility of the human race which is continually being dinned into our ears!

Theophile Gautier quotes: Our busy age does not always have time to read, but it always has time to look.

Our busy age does not always have time to read, but it always has time to look.

Theophile Gautier quotes: With all women gentleness is the most persuasive and powerful argument.

With all women gentleness is the most persuasive and powerful argument.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.

Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.

Theophile Gautier quotes: 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 speedily leads to love.

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 speedily leads to love.

Theophile Gautier quotes: [Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.

[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.

Theophile Gautier quotes: To extract beauty from one's own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art.

To extract beauty from one's own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art.

Theophile Gautier quotes: There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Theophile Gautier quotes: The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.

The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.

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

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

Theophile Gautier quotes: Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.

Theophile Gautier quotes: And of a Sunday swarm the folkUnder the honeysuckle vine, Quaffing, the while they talk and smoke, The sun, the melody, the wine.

And of a Sunday swarm the folk
Under the honeysuckle vine,
Quaffing, the while they talk and smoke,
The sun, the melody, the wine.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes?

Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes?

Theophile Gautier quotes: Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest.

Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Modesty was made for the ugly.

Modesty was made for the ugly.

Theophile Gautier quotes: If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Things perish. Gods have passed.But song sublimely castShall citadels outlast.

Things perish. Gods have passed.
But song sublimely cast
Shall citadels outlast.

Theophile Gautier quotes: I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Cats are the tigers of us poor devils.

Cats are the tigers of us poor devils.

Theophile Gautier quotes: No one is truly dead until they are no longer loved.

No one is truly dead until they are no longer loved.

Theophile Gautier quotes: The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals

The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals

Theophile Gautier quotes: Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Pleasure has turned into passion much more quickly than I should ever have thought possible.

Pleasure has turned into passion much more quickly than I should ever have thought possible.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Fortune loves to give bedroom slippers to people with wooden legs, and gloves to those with no hands.

Fortune loves to give bedroom slippers to people with wooden legs, and gloves to those with no hands.

Theophile Gautier quotes: I belong to those for whom the superfluous is necessary.

I belong to those for whom the superfluous is necessary.

Theophile Gautier quotes: For Art alone is great:The bust survives the state, The crown the potentate.

For Art alone is great:
The bust survives the state,
The crown the potentate.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Yes, I have loved, as no one on earth ever loved, with an insensate and furious love, so violent that I wonder it did not break my heart.

Yes, I have loved, as no one on earth ever loved, with an insensate and furious love, so violent that I wonder it did not break my heart.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Theophile Gautier quotes: What I write is not for little girls.

What I write is not for little girls.

Theophile Gautier quotes: And then again, I am no longer quite such a good-looking young fellow that tapestries leap off the wall in my honour.

And then again, I am no longer quite such a good-looking young fellow that tapestries leap off the wall in my honour.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.

Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.

Theophile Gautier quotes: I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Only that which serves no end is beautiful; everything useful is ugly.

Only that which serves no end is beautiful; everything useful is ugly.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Sometimes he sits at your feet looking into your face with an expression so gentle and caressing that the depth of his gaze startles you.

Sometimes he sits at your feet looking into your face with an expression so gentle and caressing that the depth of his gaze startles you.

Theophile Gautier quotes: White men should exhibit the same insensibility to moral tortures that red men do to physical torments.

White men should exhibit the same insensibility to moral tortures that red men do to physical torments.

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

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

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

Theophile Gautier quotes: You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

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

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

Theophile Gautier quotes: The cat makes himself the companion of your hours of solitude, melancholy and toil.

The cat makes himself the companion of your hours of solitude, melancholy and toil.

Theophile Gautier quotes: It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.

It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.

Theophile Gautier quotes: [A cat] will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society ...

[A cat] will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society ...

Theophile Gautier quotes: I was born to travel and write verse.

I was born to travel and write verse.

Theophile Gautier quotes: The public, which has been wrong before and is wrong now, can accept only demons and angels on the stage

The public, which has been wrong before and is wrong now, can accept only demons and angels on the stage

Theophile Gautier quotes: Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

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

Theophile Gautier quotes: The cat is a dilettante in fur.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

Theophile Gautier quotes: Pleasure has turned into habit much more quickly thn I should have ever thought possible.

Pleasure has turned into habit much more quickly thn I should have ever thought possible.

Theophile Gautier quotes: High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.

High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.