Quotes by Baudelaire, Charles

Any man who does not accept the conditions of human life sells his sou >>

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and ca >>

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest. >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write >>

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. >>

To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking -- >>

On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox.

Baudelaire, Charles