Théophile Gautier Quotes Page 2
Best 40 Quotes by Théophile Gautier – Page 2 of 2
“The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved.”
“To extract beauty from one's own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art.”
“To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.”
“What I write is not for little girls.”
“What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one; and gratitude is a short cut which speedily leads to love.”
“When we love – we grow.”
“Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!”
“With all women gentleness is the most persuasive and powerful argument.”
“Yes I have loved, as no one on earth ever loved, with an insensate and furious love, so violent that I wonder it did not break my heart.”
“You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.”
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