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Theophile Gautier - From the Aging category:
It may well be that the pictures of Courbet, Manet, Monet and their like contain beauties which escape the notice of such old romantic heads as ours, already streaked with silver threads. (Theophile Gautier)
Theophile Gautier - From the Beauty category:
To extract beauty from one's own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art. (Theophile Gautier)
Theophile Gautier - From the Ego category:
I am a man for whom the outside world exists. (Theophile Gautier)
Theophile Gautier - From the Materials category:
Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel. (Theophile Gautier)
Theophile Gautier - From the Pets category:
Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes! (Theophile Gautier)
Theophile Gautier - From the Purpose category:
-in 1861...
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. (Theophile Gautier)
Theophile Gautier - From the Writing category:
Literature has nothing to do with usefulness; the most useful place in any house is the toilet. (Theophile Gautier)
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