When a singer puts his hand on his heart, it means usually, I will always love you!
Charles Baudelaire
Singer’s Gesture, Heartfelt Expression, Love Declaration, Singer, Heart, Love
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“Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable.” Charles Baudelaire
Modernity Art, Eternal And Immutable, Transitory Fugitive, Modernity, Eternal, Fugitive
Charles Baudelaire Modernity Art, Eternal And Immutable, Transitory Fugitive, Modernity, Eternal, Fugitive“We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose.” Charles Baudelaire
Time’s Weight, Pleasure Vs Work, Escaping Time, Time, Pleasure, Work
Charles Baudelaire Time’s Weight, Pleasure Vs Work, Escaping Time, Time, Pleasure, Work“Always be a poet, even in prose.” Charles Baudelaire
Poet In Prose, Poetic Philosophy, Creative Expression, Prose, Poet, Philosophy
Charles Baudelaire Poet In Prose, Poetic Philosophy, Creative Expression, Prose, Poet, Philosophy“The dandy should aspire to be uninterruptedly sublime. He should live and sleep in front of a mirror.” Charles Baudelaire
Sublime Dandy, Mirror Aspiration, Poetic Lifestyle, Dandy, Mirror, Sublime
Charles Baudelaire Sublime Dandy, Mirror Aspiration, Poetic Lifestyle, Dandy, Mirror, Sublime“What can an eternity of damnation matter to someone who has felt, if only for a second, the infinity of delight?” Charles Baudelaire
Eternal Damnation, Infinite Delight, Brief Bliss, Damnation, Delight, Eternity
Charles Baudelaire Eternal Damnation, Infinite Delight, Brief Bliss, Damnation, Delight, Eternity“There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened.” Charles Baudelaire
Heightened Awareness, Time And Space, Profound Existence, Awareness, Space, Time
Charles Baudelaire Heightened Awareness, Time And Space, Profound Existence, Awareness, Space, Time“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“The poet is like the prince of clouds Who haunts the tempest and laughs at the archer; Exiled on the ground in the midst of jeers, His giant wings prevent him from walking.” Charles Baudelaire
Cloud Prince, Tempest Poet, Ground Exile, Poet, Tempest, Exile
Charles Baudelaire Cloud Prince, Tempest Poet, Ground Exile, Poet, Tempest, Exile“There is a word, in a verb, something sacred which forbids us from using it recklessly. To handle a language cunningly is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.” Charles Baudelaire
Language Sorcery, Sacred Words, Poetic Cunning, Language, Words, Sorcery
Charles Baudelaire Language Sorcery, Sacred Words, Poetic Cunning, Language, Words, Sorcery“Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses.” Charles Baudelaire
Sexual Lyricism, Mass Passion, Sensual Art, Sexuality, Lyricism, Masses
Charles Baudelaire Sexual Lyricism, Mass Passion, Sensual Art, Sexuality, Lyricism, Masses“The more a man cultivates the arts the less he fornicates. A more and more apparent cleavage occurs between the spirit and the brute.” Charles Baudelaire
Cultivated Arts, Spirit Vs Brute, Poetic Separation, Arts, Spirit, Brute
Charles Baudelaire Cultivated Arts, Spirit Vs Brute, Poetic Separation, Arts, Spirit, Brute“God is a scandal, – a profitable scandal.” Charles Baudelaire
Scandalous God, Divine Profit, Religious Critique, God, Scandal, Profit
Charles Baudelaire Scandalous God, Divine Profit, Religious Critique, God, Scandal, Profit“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“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“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
Humble Pride, Wider Joys, Happiness Perspective, Pride, Joys, Happiness
Charles Baudelaire Humble Pride, Wider Joys, Happiness Perspective, Pride, Joys, Happiness“All good and genuine draftsmen draw according to the picture inscribed in their minds, and not according to nature.” Charles Baudelaire
Mental Imagery, Genuine Draftsmen, Artistic Mind, Picture, Nature, Drawing
Charles Baudelaire Mental Imagery, Genuine Draftsmen, Artistic Mind, Picture, Nature, Drawing“Romanticism is a grace, celestial or infernal, that bestows us eternal stigmata.” Charles Baudelaire
Romantic Grace, Eternal Stigmata, Celestial Infernal, Romanticism, Grace, Stigmata
Charles Baudelaire Romantic Grace, Eternal Stigmata, Celestial Infernal, Romanticism, Grace, Stigmata“A precious liquid, a poison dearer than that of the Borgias – because it is made from our blood, our health, our sleep, and two-thirds of our love – we must be stingy with it.” Charles Baudelaire
Precious Poison, Life’s Cost, Poetic Sacrifice, Poison, Life, Sacrifice
Charles Baudelaire Precious Poison, Life’s Cost, Poetic Sacrifice, Poison, Life, Sacrifice