Oh, Creator! Can monsters exist in the sight of him who alone knows how they were invented, how they invented themselves, and how they might not have invented themselves?
Charles Baudelaire
Creator Monsters, Invention Mystery, Divine Understanding, Creation, Monsters, Mystery
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More Charles Baudelaire Quotes
“My heart is a palace pillaged by the herd; They kill and take each other by the throat!” Charles Baudelaire
Heart Palace, Herd’s Destruction, Poetic Violence, Heart, Palace, Violence
Charles Baudelaire Heart Palace, Herd’s Destruction, Poetic Violence, Heart, Palace, Violence“Avalanche, veux-tu m’emporter dans ta chute?” Charles Baudelaire
Avalanche Despair, French Invocation, Overwhelming Fall, Avalanche, Fall, Despair
Charles Baudelaire Avalanche Despair, French Invocation, Overwhelming Fall, Avalanche, Fall, Despair“Where ever I am not is the place where I am myself.” Charles Baudelaire
Self-Identity, Poetic Place, Identity, Place
Charles Baudelaire Self-Identity, Poetic Place, Identity, Place“If wine were to disappear from human production, I believe it would cause an absence, a failure in health and intellect, a void much more terrifying than all the recesses and the deviations for which wine is regarded as responsible.” Charles Baudelaire
Wine Disappearance, Health Intellect, Terrifying Void, Wine, Health, Void
Charles Baudelaire Wine Disappearance, Health Intellect, Terrifying Void, Wine, Health, Void“The form of a town changes more swiftly alas! Than the heart of a mortal.” Charles Baudelaire
Changing Town, Mortal Heart, Swift Transformation, Town, Heart, Mortal
Charles Baudelaire Changing Town, Mortal Heart, Swift Transformation, Town, Heart, Mortal“Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.” Charles Baudelaire
Common Sense Caution, Avoiding Obvious, Sentimental Critique, Common, Sense, Inspiration
Charles Baudelaire Common Sense Caution, Avoiding Obvious, Sentimental Critique, Common, Sense, Inspiration“The habit of doing one’s duty drives away fear.” Charles Baudelaire
Duty Habit, Fearless Action, Poetic Responsibility, Duty, Fear, Responsibility
Charles Baudelaire Duty Habit, Fearless Action, Poetic Responsibility, Duty, Fear, Responsibility“You must be drunk always. That is everything: the only question. Not to feel the horrible burden of Time that crushes your shoulders and bends you earthward, you must be drunk without respite. But drunk on what? On wine, on poetry, on virtue – take your pick. But be drunk.” Charles Baudelaire
Escape Time, Drunken Philosophy, Poetic Wisdom, Virtue, Wine, Eternal Struggle
Charles Baudelaire Escape Time, Drunken Philosophy, Poetic Wisdom, Virtue, Wine, Eternal Struggle“Being a useful man has always seemed to me to be something truly hideous.” Charles Baudelaire
Individuality, Rejection Of Norms, Human Existence, Philosophy, Usefulness, Nonconformity
Charles Baudelaire Individuality, Rejection Of Norms, Human Existence, Philosophy, Usefulness, Nonconformity“An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures, but which at the same time implies and contains an equally exquisite sense of all deformities and all disproportion.” Charles Baudelaire
Exquisite Artist, Beauty And Deformity, Intoxicating Pleasures, Artist, Beauty, Deformity
Charles Baudelaire Exquisite Artist, Beauty And Deformity, Intoxicating Pleasures, Artist, Beauty, Deformity“Passion I hate, and spirit does me wrong. Let us love gently.” Charles Baudelaire
Gentle Love, Rejection Of Passion, Tranquility, Relationships, Peace, Spirit
Charles Baudelaire Gentle Love, Rejection Of Passion, Tranquility, Relationships, Peace, Spirit“We are all born marked for evil.” Charles Baudelaire
Evil Mark, Born Nature, Human Fate, Evil, Born, Fate
Charles Baudelaire Evil Mark, Born Nature, Human Fate, Evil, Born, Fate“It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.” Charles Baudelaire
Art Birth, Criticism Origins, Creative Judgment, Art, Criticism, Birth
Charles Baudelaire Art Birth, Criticism Origins, Creative Judgment, Art, Criticism, Birth“Progress, this great heresy of decay.” Charles Baudelaire
Critique Of Progress, Heresy Of Change, Philosophical Decay, Society, Advancement, Regression
Charles Baudelaire Critique Of Progress, Heresy Of Change, Philosophical Decay, Society, Advancement, Regression“You walk on corpses, beauty, undismayed.” Charles Baudelaire
Beauty On Corpses, Undismayed Walk, Poetic Darkness, Corpses, Beauty, Darkness
Charles Baudelaire Beauty On Corpses, Undismayed Walk, Poetic Darkness, Corpses, Beauty, Darkness“How many years of fatigue and punishment it takes to learn the simple truth that work, that disagreeable thing, is the only way of not suffering in life, or at all events, of suffering less.” Charles Baudelaire
Work And Suffering, Fatigue Learning, Simple Truth, Punishment, Labor, Relief
Charles Baudelaire Work And Suffering, Fatigue Learning, Simple Truth, Punishment, Labor, Relief“Imagination is an almost divine faculty which, without recourse to any philosophical method, immediately perceives everything: the secret and intimate connections between things, correspondences and analogies.” Charles Baudelaire
Divine Imagination, Creative Insight, Philosophical Thought, Connections, Analogies, Intuition
Charles Baudelaire Divine Imagination, Creative Insight, Philosophical Thought, Connections, Analogies, Intuition“Take it easy, Sadness. Settle down.” Charles Baudelaire
Sadness And Ease, Emotional Command, Calm Down, Sadness, Ease, Calm
Charles Baudelaire Sadness And Ease, Emotional Command, Calm Down, Sadness, Ease, Calm