Virginity, mysticism, melancholy, – three unknown words, – … - Théophile Gautier

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Virginity, mysticism, melancholy, – three unknown words, – three new maladies brought in by Christ.

Théophile Gautier

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30 1811 – October 23 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, short-story writer, journalist and critic.

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Alternative Names: Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier • Theophile Gautier • Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier • Pierre Jules Theophile Gautier • Pierre-Jules-Theophile Gautier

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Fancy demanding feeling from poetry! That's not the main thing at all. Radiant words, words of light, full of rhythm and music, that's poetry.

To be born is to have commenced to die.

L'art pour l'art signifie, pour les adeptes, un travail dégagé de toute préoccupation autre que celle du beau en lui-même.

Virginity, mysticism, melancholy, – three unknown words, – three new maladies brought in by Christ. - Théophile Gautier

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