Quotes by Charles Baudelaire, page 2
39 quotes by Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire - french poet
Was born on 09 apr 1821.
Died on 31 aug 1867, at 46 years old.
Died on 31 aug 1867, at 46 years old.
Origin country: France
Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about nature, word
Nature is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about nature, voice, interest, self-control, nothing
The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about opinion, city, wealth, life
The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about love, impossible, family, sex, world, life
The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels, he can sleep.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about sleep, man
The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about present, essential, quality, pleasure, beauty, being
The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about poetry, poets, being
The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about religion, being, things
The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about teaching, fear, beauty, artists, being
There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about beauty, happiness
There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about existence, univers, time
Two fundamental literary qualities supernaturalism and irony.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about literature, irony, literary critic
What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about pleasure, bad luck, bad
There exist only three respectable beings the priest, the warrior, the poet. To know, to kill, and to create.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about poets
Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, o beauty.
Quote by Charles Baudelaire about opinion, hell, beauty
