Gautier

Famous quotes containing the word gautier:

“There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expression of some need, and man’s needs are ignoble and disgusting like his own poor and infirm nature. The most useful place in a house is the water-closet.”
—Théophile Gautier (1811–1872)

“Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.”
—Théophile Gautier (1811–1872)

“I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.”
—Théophile Gautier (1811–1872)