barbarism

chance

eloquence

literature

music

snob

snobbery

sophistication

tiger

usefulness

intellectual movement

Romanticism

occupation / innovator as

poet

nationality

French

playwright

journalist

literary critic

novelist

librettist

pornographic actor

art critic

painter

scientific organization

Société héliographique

photographer

Jeune-France

parnassianism

The cat is a dilettante in fur. Theophile Gautier

is difficult to befriend, owing to the fact that it is a philosophical animal, one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal. . . one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. Theophile Gautier

is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.

 has nothing to do with usefulness; the most useful place in any house is the toilet.

Literature has nothing to do with usefulness; the most useful place in any house is the toilet

is antithetical to beauty --- as soon as a thing becomes useful, it ceases to be beautiful.

As soon as a thing becomes useful, it ceases to be beau ti fu I.

Theophile GautierThinkers

Theophile Gautier