Theophile Gautier Quotes

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.
Theophile Gautier

Love, Mind, Heart

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

Friendship, Place, Difficult

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.
Theophile Gautier

Through, Eyes, Soul

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

Artist, Inner, Translate

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
Theophile Gautier

God, Chance, Sign

I was born to travel and write verse.
Theophile Gautier

Travel, Write, Born

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.
Theophile Gautier

Friend, Slave, Cat

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

Beauty, Art, Care

Books follow morals, and not morals books.
Theophile Gautier

Books, Follow, Morals

Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.
Theophile Gautier

Living, Body, Seek

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.
Theophile Gautier

Outside, Exists, Whom

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.
Theophile Gautier

Necessity, Whom

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.
Theophile Gautier

Friend, Affection, Slave

Sooner barbarity than boredom.
Theophile Gautier

Boredom, Barbarity, Sooner

The cat is a dilettante in fur.
Theophile Gautier

Cat, Fur, Dilettante

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

Made, Means, Word

What I write is not for little girls.
Theophile Gautier

Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.
Theophile Gautier

Work, Beautiful, Process

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.
Theophile Gautier

Cannot, Become, Until

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Poet

Born: August 30, 1811

Died: October 23, 1872

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