It is good sometimes that the happy of this world should learn, were it only to humble their foolish pride for an instant, that there are higher, wider, and rarer joys than theirs. Charles Baudelaire More Quotes by Charles Baudelaire More Quotes From Charles Baudelaire Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable. Charles Baudelaire fleeting half art Eternal superiority of the Dandy. Charles Baudelaire dandy superiority eternal It is the pleasure of astonishing others, and the proud satisfaction of never being astonished by them. Charles Baudelaire pleasure proud satisfaction We are all born marked for evil. Charles Baudelaire born literature evil A study of the Great Malady; horror of home. Charles Baudelaire horror study home Wine transforms moles into eagles. Charles Baudelaire moles eagles wine I am a cemetery abhorred by the moon, In which long worms crawl like remorse. Charles Baudelaire worms moon long Strangeness is an ingredient necessary in beauty. Charles Baudelaire strangeness ingredients When a singer puts his hand on his heart, it means usually, I will always love you! Charles Baudelaire love-you heart mean All the visible universe is nothing but a shop of images and signs. Charles Baudelaire visible universe shops Our squalid society rushed, Narcissus to a man, to gaze on its trivial image on a scrap of metal. Charles Baudelaire narcissus metals men This industry [photography], by invading the territories of art, has become art's most mortal enemy. Charles Baudelaire photography enemy art If photography is allowed to supplement art in some of its functions, it will soon have supplanted or corrupted it altogether, thanks to the stupidity of the multitude which is its natural ally. Charles Baudelaire stupidity photography art In the domain of painting and statuary, the present-day credo of the worldly wise, especially in France, is this: ... I believe that art is, and can only be, the exact reproduction of nature... An avenging God has heard the prayers of this multitude; Daguerre was his messiah. Charles Baudelaire prayer wise art Being a useful man has always seemed to me to be something truly hideous. Charles Baudelaire hideous idleness men A Dandy does nothing. Charles Baudelaire dandy idleness doe To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches. Charles Baudelaire lonely heart life Woman is natural, that is to say, abominable. Charles Baudelaire women nature natural To be a great man and a saint to oneself, that's the only important thing. Charles Baudelaire saint important men To glorify the cult of images (my great, my only, my earliest passion). Charles Baudelaire primitive passion worship
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