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
heart passion men
Whatever may have been said of the satiety of pleasure and of the disgust which usually follows passion, any man who has anything of a heart and who is not wretchedly and hopelessly blasé feels his love increased by his happiness, and very often the best way to retain a lover ready to leave is to give one's self up to him without reserve.
men artist doe
Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.
men white-man red
White men should exhibit the same insensibility to moral tortures that red men do to physical torments.
beauty beautiful men
There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expression of some need, and man's needs are ignoble and disgusting like his own poor and infirm nature. The most useful place in a house is the water-closet.
men ego world
I am a man for whom the outside world exists.
men occupation fitting
The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.
chance god pseudonym
Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.
mean poet made
The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.
gratitude heart cutting
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.
body lice desert
Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.
friendship philosophical cat
It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own habits, fond of order and neatness, and disinclined to extravagant sentiment. He will be your friend, if he finds you worthy of friendship, but not your slave.
girl writing littles
What I write is not for little girls.
lying cat evening
[A cat] will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society...