It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
Charles BaudelaireIn the domain of painting and statuary, the present-day credo of the worldly wise, especially in France, is this: ... I believe that art is, and can only be, the exact reproduction of nature... An avenging God has heard the prayers of this multitude; Daguerre was his messiah.
Charles BaudelaireEven as a child I felt in my heart two opposite emotions: the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.
Charles Baudelaire