French - Poet | August 30, 1811 - October 23, 1872
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.
Theophile Gautier
BeautyArtWordsDetailCareChoice
To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.
LoveHeartLove IsMindAdmire
A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.
FriendWillNeverCatSlaveYour
The cat is a dilettante in fur.
PetFurCatDilettante
Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.
EyesSoulThroughSeenTransparent
Books follow morals, and not morals books.
MoralsFollowBooks
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.
FriendshipAnimalPlaceDifficult
What I write is not for little girls.
Little GirlsWriteLittleI Write
Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.
WorkBeautifulProcessMoreYesOut
Sooner barbarity than boredom.
BoredomThanSooner
Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.
DesertBodyLivingSeekCritical
I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.
I AmNecessityWhomThoseAm
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