It is from the womb of art that criticism was born. – Charles Baudelaire
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. – Charles Baudelaire

It is from the womb of art that criticism was born. – Charles Baudelaire
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. – Charles Baudelaire
Nature… is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest. – Charles Baudelaire
I have to confess that I had gambled on my soul and lost it with heroic insouciance and lightness of touch. The soul is so impalpable, so often useless, and sometimes such a nuisance, that I felt no more emotion on losing it than if, on a stroll, I had mislaid my visiting card. – Charles Baudelaire