Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautierwas a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 August 1811
CountryFrance
beautiful process marble
Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.
art cities high-art
High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
horse home adventure
The pleasure in traveling consists of the obstacles, the fatigue, and even the danger. What charm can anyone find in an excursion when he is always sure of reaching his destination, of having horses ready waiting for him, a soft bed, an excellent supper, and all the eases and comfort he can enjoy in his own home! One of the great misfortunes of modern life is the want of any sudden surprise, and the absence of all adventure. Everything is so well arranged.
men artist doe
Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.
beautiful ugly ends
Only that which serves no end is beautiful; everything useful is ugly.
manners gentle prove
It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.
powerful argument persuasive
With all women gentleness is the most persuasive and powerful argument.
men white-man red
White men should exhibit the same insensibility to moral tortures that red men do to physical torments.
art choices details
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.
beauty beautiful men
There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expression of some need, and man's needs are ignoble and disgusting like his own poor and infirm nature. The most useful place in a house is the water-closet.
may aging silver
It may well be that the pictures of Courbet, Manet, Monet and their like contain beauties which escape the notice of such old romantic heads as ours, already streaked with silver threads.
believe cat eye
Sometimes he will sit on the carpet in front of you, looking at you with eyes so melting, so caressing and so human, that they almost frighten you, for it is impossible to believe that a soul is not there.
beauty art tasks
To extract beauty from one's own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art.
writing house literature
Literature has nothing to do with usefulness; the most useful place in any house is the toilet.