By nature, by necessity itself, [primitive man] is encyclopedic, while civilized man finds himself confined in the infinitely small regions of specialization.
Charles BaudelaireI should like the fields tinged with red, the rivers yellow and the trees painted blue. Nature has no imagination.
Charles BaudelaireWhat is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.
Charles BaudelaireThe Poet is like the prince of the clouds, who haunts the tempest and laughs at the archer. Exiled on the ground in the midst of the jeering crowd, his giant's wings keep him from walking.
Charles Baudelaire