Inspirational Quotes by Charles Baudelaire — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“It's time, Old Captain, lift anchor, sink!”

“My love, do you recall the object which we saw,”

“All dark, all bloody, my heart,”

“Minutes, foolish mortal, are the base mineral”

“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.”

“I walk alone, absorbed in my fantastic play, —”

“Il était tard; ainsi qu'une médaille neuve”

“I can barely conceive a type of beauty in which there is no melancholy.”

“Tell me, enigmatical man, whom do you love best, your father,”

“Do you remember the sight we saw, my soul,”

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

“Always be a poet, even in prose.”

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

“On peut chercher dans Dieu le complice et l'ami qui manquent toujours. Dieu est l'éternel confident dans cette tragédie dont chacun est le héros.”

“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”—Charles Baudelaire”

“L'étude du beau est un duel où l'artiste crie de frayeur avant d'être vaincu.”

“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.”

“And, drunk with my own madness, I shouted at him furiously, "Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful!”

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

“What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.”

“The beautiful is always bizarre.”