Charles Baudelaire : (8)

" Progress, this great heresy of decay. " - Charles Baudelaire

" It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of masculine beauty is Satan, as portrayed by Milton. " - Charles Baudelaire

" This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed. " - Charles Baudelaire

" Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses. " - Charles Baudelaire

" Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty! " - Charles Baudelaire

" A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle. " - Charles Baudelaire

" As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life. " - Charles Baudelaire

" Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature? " - Charles Baudelaire