You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.
Theophile GautierIf you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.
Theophile GautierThere is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expression of some need, and man's needs are ignoble and disgusting like his own poor and infirm nature. The most useful place in a house is the water-closet.
Theophile Gautier