If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave. – Theophile Gautier
The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn’t exist. – Theophile Gautier
Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel. – Theophile Gautier
You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet. – Theophile Gautier
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
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution. – Theophile Gautier
