Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Pierre Baudelaire; April 9, 1821 – August 31, 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 April 1821
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
funny dog people
Where are the dogs going? you people who pay so little attention ask. They are going about their business. And they are very punctilious, without wallets, notes, and without briefcases.
beauty satisfaction apathy
Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction.
life cities atmosphere
The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it.
art destiny evil
Le mal se fait sans effort, naturellement, par fatalite ; le bien est toujours le produit d'un art. Evil is done without effort, naturally, it's destiny; good is always a product of art.
writing poetry literature
Always be a poet, even in prose.
perseverance done literature
Nothing can be done except little by little.
escape hour poetry slaves time
It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.
dishonor fish swimming
I am swimming in dishonor like a fish in water.
shown thank
Thank you. You have shown me the way back to myself.
literature aristocracy ethics
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.
cannon directions fly happiness hear humanity limbs performing sacrifice search victims
The cannon thunders - limbs fly in all directions - one can hear the groans of victims and the howling of those performing the sacrifice - it's Humanity in search of happiness
charming
Here is the charming evening, the criminal's friend. It comes like an accomplice, with stealthy tread.
listen night soft
Listen, my darling, listen to soft night approaching.
astonishment essentials unexpected
That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal; from which it follows that irregularity – that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are a essential part and characteristic of beauty.