Quotes | Most Inspiring and Motivational Quotes

"Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art."

"Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Art, Effort, Evil, Goodness

15

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

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

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Change, Life, Bed, Desire

54

"For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved."

"For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Will,

53

"Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art."

"Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Art, Effort, Evil, Fate

43

"Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction."

"Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Beauty, Appetite, Satisfaction

44

"Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them."

"Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Man, Men, Women

60

"To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches."

"To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Heart, Lonely

80

"Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony."

"Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Literature, Irony, Literary

23

"To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery."

"To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Language, Practice

34

"We are all born marked for evil."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Evil,

37

"We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose."

"We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Work, Time, Pleasure

56

"What is art? Prostitution."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Art, Prostitution

55

"What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense."

"What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Taste, Giving, Pleasure

69

"Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious."

"Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Inspirational, Inspiration, Commonsense, Folk, Obvious

34

"There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite."

"There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Mystery, Infinite

64

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

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

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Nature, Art

18

"I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws."

"I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Love, Music, Trying

23

"To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts."

"To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Art, Infinite, Intimacy, Spirituality

35

"There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start."

"There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Work,

62

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

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

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Heaven, Hell

46

"It is from the womb of art that criticism was born."

"It is from the womb of art that criticism was born."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Art, Criticism

29

"It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree."

"It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

People, Luck

14

"Inspiration comes of working every day."

"Inspiration comes of working every day."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Inspirational, Inspiration, Day

15

"In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men."

"In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Man, Men, Artist, First

29

"In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us."

"In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Subtlety, Aristocracy, Being, Danger, Ethics

39

"If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force."

"If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Force,

59

"Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine."

"Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Religion, God

24

"Music fathoms the sky."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Music, Sky

59

"Progress, this great heresy of decay."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Progress, Heresy

19

"The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things."

"The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Being,

17

"Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable."

"Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Art, Being, Modernity

26

"The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes."

"The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Being, Privilege, Wishes

43

"Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected."

"Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Art, Being, Modernity

44

"Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable."

"Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Art, Modernity

55

"The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find."

"The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Life, Women, Family, Sex

31

"The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep."

"The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Religion, Evening, Man, Prayer, Sleep

17

"To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing."

"To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Man,

20

"The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs."

"The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Poetry, Music, Dance, Being

57

"Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances."

"Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Nature, Temple, Living, Man

22

"The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight."

"The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Love, Men, Women, Certainty

24

"The world only goes round by misunderstanding."

"The world only goes round by misunderstanding."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

World,

58

"There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness."

"There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Happiness, Beauty

31

"There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened."

"There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Time, Awareness, Existence, Moments

56

"Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses."

"Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Sensuality, Sexuality

45

"There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end up with a fat, greedy baby hanging from the breast."

"There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end up with a fat, greedy baby hanging from the breast."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Love, Dream, Baby, End

17

"The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present."

"The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Beauty, Quality, Being, Pleasure

33

"But a dandy can never be a vulgar man."

"But a dandy can never be a vulgar man."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Man,

190

"Beauty is the sole ambition, the exclusive goal of Taste."

"Beauty is the sole ambition, the exclusive goal of Taste."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Beauty, Goal, Ambition, Taste

17

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

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

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Life, Feelings, Heart, Ecstasy

70

"Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself."

"Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Narcissism, Right, Talk

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"Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art."

15

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

54

"For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved."

53

"Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art."

43

"Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction."

44

"Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them."

60

"To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches."

80

"Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony."

23

"To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery."

34

"We are all born marked for evil."

37

"We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose."

56

"What is art? Prostitution."

55

"What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense."

69

"Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious."

34

"There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite."

64

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

18

"I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws."

23

"To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts."

35

"There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start."

62

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

46

"It is from the womb of art that criticism was born."

29

"It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree."

14

"Inspiration comes of working every day."

15

"In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men."

29

"In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us."

39

"If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force."

59

"Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine."

24

"Music fathoms the sky."

59

"Progress, this great heresy of decay."

19

"The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things."

17

"Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable."

26

"The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes."

43

"Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected."

44

"Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable."

55

"The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find."

31

"The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep."

17

"To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing."

20

"The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs."

57

"Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances."

22

"The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight."