Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautierwas a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 August 1811
CountryFrance
guests welcome brevity
Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest.
dog heart animal
The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals
cat expression feet
Sometimes he sits at your feet looking into your face with an expression so gentle and caressing that the depth of his gaze startles you.
patience years meditation
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.
dog believe cat
Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!
men ego world
I am a man for whom the outside world exists.
travel writing born
I was born to travel and write verse.
art philosophical purpose
The arts teach and moralise by their beauty alone, not by translating a philosophical or social formula. For the truly artistic person, painting has itself as it's purpose, which is quite enough.
art imagination desire
[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.
men occupation fitting
The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.
ugly modesty made
Modesty was made for the ugly.
love heart carpe-diem
To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.
inspirational motivational friendship
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.