Beauty is the sole ambition, the exclusive goal of Taste. beauty
There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. respect
Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty! beauty
What is art? Prostitution. art
Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry. food & poetry
Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally goodness is always the product of some art. art
Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them. best, men & women
Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable. art
Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature? art & nature
Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate good is always the product of an art. art
Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable. art
Always be a poet, even in prose. poetry
Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest. nature
Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine. religion
Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams. dreams
There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness. beauty & happiness
The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated. beauty
For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation. finance
It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of masculine beauty is Satan, as portrayed by Milton. beauty
It is from the womb of art that criticism was born. art
This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed. change
A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else. art
Music fathoms the sky. music
I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy. beauty
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. work