I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.
Charles Baudelaire
Fancy’s Monsters, Nature’s Ugliness, Poetic Dissatisfaction, Monsters, Nature, Fancy
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“We love women in proportion to their degree of strangeness to us.” Charles Baudelaire
Strange Love, Women’s Mystery, Poetic Fascination, Love, Women, Mystery
Charles Baudelaire Strange Love, Women’s Mystery, Poetic Fascination, Love, Women, Mystery“A book is a garden, a party, a company by the way.” Charles Baudelaire
Book As Garden, Literary Party, Imaginative Company, Book, Garden, Party
Charles Baudelaire Book As Garden, Literary Party, Imaginative Company, Book, Garden, Party“Samuel was, more than all the others, the man of failed works of beauty; – a fantastical and sickly creature, whose poetry shines forth much more in his person than in his works, and who, around one o’clock in the morning, between the dazzling of a coal fire and the clock’s tick-tock, always seemed to be the god of impotence, – a modern and hermaphrodite god, – so colossal an impotence, so enormous, reaching epic proportions!” Charles Baudelaire
Failed Beauty, Poetic Impotence, Colossal Struggle, Samuel, Beauty, Poetry
Charles Baudelaire Failed Beauty, Poetic Impotence, Colossal Struggle, Samuel, Beauty, Poetry“I should like the fields tinged with red, the rivers yellow and the trees painted blue. Nature has no imagination.” Charles Baudelaire
Nature And Imagination, Colored Fields, Artistic Critique, Nature, Imagination, Color
Charles Baudelaire Nature And Imagination, Colored Fields, Artistic Critique, Nature, Imagination, Color“What I say is that the supreme and singular joy of making love resides in the certainty of doing evil.” Charles Baudelaire
Supreme Joy, Love, Evil, Poetic Joy, Love
Charles Baudelaire Supreme Joy, Love, Evil, Poetic Joy, Love“There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start.” Charles Baudelaire
Starting Challenge, Long Work, Overcoming Fear, Work, Challenge, Fear
Charles Baudelaire Starting Challenge, Long Work, Overcoming Fear, Work, Challenge, Fear“In this respect you, unworthy companion of my sad life, resemble the public, to whom one must never present the delicate scents that only exasperate them, but instead give them only dung, chosen with care.” Charles Baudelaire
Sad Life, Public Resemblance, Delicate Scents, Life, Public, Scents
Charles Baudelaire Sad Life, Public Resemblance, Delicate Scents, Life, Public, Scents“Even if it were proven that God didn’t exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine.” Charles Baudelaire
Faith Philosophy, Divine Nature, Religious Belief, God, Spirituality, Holiness
Charles Baudelaire Faith Philosophy, Divine Nature, Religious Belief, God, Spirituality, Holiness“Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.” Charles Baudelaire
Independence In Relationships, Gender Dynamics, Poetic Observation, Men, Women, Relationships
Charles Baudelaire Independence In Relationships, Gender Dynamics, Poetic Observation, Men, Women, Relationships“I am bored in France because everyone resembles Voltaire.” Charles Baudelaire
Boredom In France, Voltaire Similarity, Cultural Critique, Resemblance, Homogeneity, Satire
Charles Baudelaire Boredom In France, Voltaire Similarity, Cultural Critique, Resemblance, Homogeneity, Satire“Drink wine, drink poetry, drink virtue.” Charles Baudelaire
Wine And Virtue, Poetic Indulgence, Life Enjoyment, Inspiration, Virtue, Passion
Charles Baudelaire Wine And Virtue, Poetic Indulgence, Life Enjoyment, Inspiration, Virtue, Passion“An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom.” Charles Baudelaire
Oasis Horror, Boredom Desert, Emotional Contrast, Horror, Oasis, Boredom
Charles Baudelaire Oasis Horror, Boredom Desert, Emotional Contrast, Horror, Oasis, Boredom“Our mortal eyes, however bright, are only darkened melancholy mirrors.” Charles Baudelaire
Melancholy Mirrors, Mortal Vision, Bright Eyes, Sadness, Reflection, Mortality
Charles Baudelaire Melancholy Mirrors, Mortal Vision, Bright Eyes, Sadness, Reflection, Mortality“I am the wound and the blade, the torturer and the flayed.” Charles Baudelaire
Wound And Blade, Torturer Flayed, Poetic Duality, Wound, Blade, Torturer
Charles Baudelaire Wound And Blade, Torturer Flayed, Poetic Duality, Wound, Blade, Torturer“There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.” Charles Baudelaire
Kinds Beauty, Happiness Seeking, Beauty Variety, Joy, Aesthetics, Perspective
Charles Baudelaire Kinds Beauty, Happiness Seeking, Beauty Variety, Joy, Aesthetics, Perspective“Evil comes up softly like a flower.” Charles Baudelaire
Subtle Evil, Poetic Imagery, Hidden Danger, Flower Symbolism, Darkness, Philosophy
Charles Baudelaire Subtle Evil, Poetic Imagery, Hidden Danger, Flower Symbolism, Darkness, Philosophy“I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws.” Charles Baudelaire
Cat’s Music, Wagner Preference, Poetic Contrast, Cat, Music, Contrast
Charles Baudelaire Cat’s Music, Wagner Preference, Poetic Contrast, Cat, Music, Contrast“It is the greatest art of the devil to convince us he does not exist.” Charles Baudelaire
Devil’s Art, Existence Deception, Poetic Irony, Devil, Art, Irony
Charles Baudelaire Devil’s Art, Existence Deception, Poetic Irony, Devil, Art, Irony