An artist is only an artist on condition that he neglects no aspect of his dual nature. This dualism is the power of being oneself and someone else at one and the same time.

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

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

the Devil's hand directs our every move - / the things we loathed become the things we love

Perfumes, colours and sounds echo one another.

The dandy should aspire to be uninterruptedly sublime. He should live and sleep in front of a mirror.

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.