Quotes by Théophile Gautier
I am a man for whom the outside world exists.
Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.
What I write is not for little girls.
I was born to travel and write verse.
To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.
Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.
Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.
Books follow morals, and not morals books.
Sooner barbarity than boredom.
A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.
The cat is a dilettante in fur.
The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.
If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.
Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.
Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.
I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.
