What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.
Charles Baudelaire
Great City Phenomena, Innocent Monsters, Open Eyes, City, Monsters, Phenomena
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More Charles Baudelaire Quotes
“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.” Charles Baudelaire
Book Comparisons, Literary Garden, Poetic Company, Book, Garden, Counsel
Charles Baudelaire Book Comparisons, Literary Garden, Poetic Company, Book, Garden, Counsel“Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.” Charles Baudelaire
Right To Amuse, Self-Expression, Witty Insight, Amusement, Right, Self
Charles Baudelaire Right To Amuse, Self-Expression, Witty Insight, Amusement, Right, Self“To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing.” Charles Baudelaire
Self-Greatness, Saintly Purpose, Poetic Achievement, Greatness, Purpose
Charles Baudelaire Self-Greatness, Saintly Purpose, Poetic Achievement, Greatness, Purpose“A child sees everything in a sense of newness – he is always drunk. Genius is nothing but childhood re-attained at will.” Charles Baudelaire
Childlike Recollection, Drunken Vision, Genius, Childhood, Recollection
Charles Baudelaire Childlike Recollection, Drunken Vision, Genius, Childhood, Recollection“Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject, nor exact truth, but in the way of feeling.” Charles Baudelaire
Romanticism Defined, Subjective Feeling, Artistic Expression, Romanticism, Feeling, Subject
Charles Baudelaire Romanticism Defined, Subjective Feeling, Artistic Expression, Romanticism, Feeling, Subject“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“Nature can counsel nothing but crime.” Charles Baudelaire
Nature Crime, Dark Counsel, Human Morality, Crime, Nature, Morality
Charles Baudelaire Nature Crime, Dark Counsel, Human Morality, Crime, Nature, Morality“In order not to feel time’s horrid fardel bruise your shoulders, grinding you into the earth, get drunk and stay that way. On what? On wine, poetry, virtue, whatever. But get drunk!” Charles Baudelaire
Time’s Burden, Drunken Escape, Wine, Poetry, Virtue, Escape
Charles Baudelaire Time’s Burden, Drunken Escape, Wine, Poetry, Virtue, Escape“Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.” Charles Baudelaire
Beautiful Nobility, Reason, Poetic Composition, Beauty, Reason
Charles Baudelaire Beautiful Nobility, Reason, Poetic Composition, Beauty, Reason“All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.” Charles Baudelaire
Beauty And Nobility, Rational Creation, Calculated Art, Reason, Nobility, Result
Charles Baudelaire Beauty And Nobility, Rational Creation, Calculated Art, Reason, Nobility, Result“The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.” Charles Baudelaire
Dance Poetry, Music Mystery, Poetic Expression, Dance, Music, Expression
Charles Baudelaire Dance Poetry, Music Mystery, Poetic Expression, Dance, Music, Expression“In preferring the Baudelaire translations of Poe to the original – and they give the impression of being original works – Stedman agreed with Asselineau that the French is more concise than the English.” Charles Baudelaire
Baudelaire Poe, Translation Poetry, Poetic Preference, Translation, Poetry
Charles Baudelaire Baudelaire Poe, Translation Poetry, Poetic Preference, Translation, Poetry“Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.” Charles Baudelaire
Beauty And Strangeness, Necessary Oddity, Unique Charm, Strangeness, Ingredient, Aesthetic
Charles Baudelaire Beauty And Strangeness, Necessary Oddity, Unique Charm, Strangeness, Ingredient, Aesthetic“Where one should see only what is beautiful, our public looks only for what is true.” Charles Baudelaire
Public Truth, Beauty Perspective, Judgment Shift, Truth, Beauty, Perspective
Charles Baudelaire Public Truth, Beauty Perspective, Judgment Shift, Truth, Beauty, Perspective“Life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed by the desire of changing his bed. One would prefer to suffer near the fire, and another is certain he would get well if he were by the window.” Charles Baudelaire
Hospital Life, Bed Change, Suffering Desire, Life, Hospital, Change
Charles Baudelaire Hospital Life, Bed Change, Suffering Desire, Life, Hospital, Change“I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.” Charles Baudelaire
Newspaper Disgust, Honor Clash, Public Disdain, Newspaper, Disgust, Honor
Charles Baudelaire Newspaper Disgust, Honor Clash, Public Disdain, Newspaper, Disgust, Honor“My soul travels on the smell of perfume like the souls of other men on music.” Charles Baudelaire
Perfumed Soul, Musical Journey, Poetic Sensation, Soul, Perfume, Music
Charles Baudelaire Perfumed Soul, Musical Journey, Poetic Sensation, Soul, Perfume, Music“I am a cemetery abhorred by the moon, In which long worms crawl like remorse.” Charles Baudelaire
Cemetery Remorse, Moon’s Abhorrence, Poetic Decay, Cemetery, Remorse, Decay
Charles Baudelaire Cemetery Remorse, Moon’s Abhorrence, Poetic Decay, Cemetery, Remorse, Decay