Poetry Quote by Charles Baudelaire — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Relate comic things in pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic of beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend of the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blasé ears. Imagine a canvas for a lyrical, magical farce, for a pantomime, and translate it into a serious novel. Drown the whole thing in an abnormal, dreamy atmosphere, in the atmosphere of great days … the region of pure poetry.”

“Always be a poet, even in prose.”

“My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it.”

“Imagination is the queen of truth, and possibility is one of the regions of truth. She is positively akin to infinity.”

“Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?”

“To be wicked is never excusable, but there is some merit in knowing that you are; the most irreparable of vices is to do evil from stupidity.”

“But no, I was out for stars:”

“Interior of the hand. Sole that has come to walk”

“Doesn’t everyone want to feel in the night”

“That sadness that you do not speak of,”

“be the kiss in my hair”

“At least”