Good heavens! What a foolish thing is th... by Theophile Gautier | We Heart Quotes

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

- Theophile Gautier

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

- Theophile Gautier

Modesty was made for the ugly.

- Theophile Gautier

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

- Theophile Gautier

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

- Theophile Gautier

Word

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

- Theophile Gautier

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

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