More quotes by Charles Baudelaire

"Always be a poet, even in prose."
"Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?"
"If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist."
"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."
"What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters."