But a dandy can never be a vulgar man Charles Baudelaire More Quotes by Charles Baudelaire More Quotes From Charles Baudelaire The world only goes round by misunderstanding. Charles Baudelaire rounds understanding world The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep. Charles Baudelaire prayer sleep men As a remedy against all ills - poverty, sickness, and melancholy - only one thing is absolutely necessary: a liking for work Charles Baudelaire melancholy sickness poverty It is the greatest art of the devil to convince us he does not exist. Charles Baudelaire convince-us evil art Artist should look at the reality and brutality of modern life in all its color, nature with all its imperfections - that should be the challenge to the modern painter not the didactic idealization of the past. The new generation should forge a new path. Charles Baudelaire artist reality past One can only forget about time by making use of it. Charles Baudelaire use time inspirational True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin. Charles Baudelaire doe civilization lying I should like the fields tinged with red, the rivers yellow and the trees painted blue. Nature has no imagination. Charles Baudelaire blue yellow rivers I have cultivated my hysteria with delight and terror. Now I suffer continually from vertigo, and today, 23rd of January, 1862, I have received a singular warning, I have felt the wind of the wing of madness pass over me. Charles Baudelaire wings wind war The insatiable thirst for everything that lies beyond, and that life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality. Charles Baudelaire immortality proof lying A book is a garden, a party, a company by the way. Charles Baudelaire party garden book La' , tout n'est qu'ordre et beaute , Luxe, calme et volupte . There where all is order and beauty. Lush, calm and voluptuous. Charles Baudelaire voluptuous calm order The immense profundity of thought in vulgar locutions, like holes dug by generations of ants. Charles Baudelaire holes generations ants Every healthy man can do without food for two days — but without poetry, never! Charles Baudelaire food men two Passion I hate, and spirit does me wrong. Let us love gently. Charles Baudelaire passion hate doe Theory of the true civilization. It is not to be found in gas or steam or table turning. It consists in the diminution of the traces of original sin. Charles Baudelaire sin tables civilization Dancing is poetry with arms and legs. Charles Baudelaire ballet dancing dance 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. Charles Baudelaire dog funny people Nothing in a portrait is a matter of indifference. Gesture, grimace, clothing, decor even - all must combine to realize a character. Charles Baudelaire portraiture portraits character Love is the natural occupation of the man of leisure. Charles Baudelaire occupation love men
