A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a com... - Charles Baudelaire

"If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist."

"I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge."

"Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable."

"Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected."

"One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk."