Théophile Gautier, Émaux et Camées

"For Art alone is great:The bust survives the state, The crown the potentate."

Théophile Gautier, Émaux et Camées

"And of a Sunday swarm the folkUnder the honeysuckle vine, Quaffing, the while they talk and smoke, The sun, the melody, the wine."

Théophile Gautier, Émaux et Camées

"Things perish. Gods have passed.But song sublimely castShall citadels outlast."

Théophile Gautier, Émaux et Camées