Charles Baudelaire Quotes


There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.


Citations

Baudelaire, Charles. Paris Spleen. Translated by Louise Varèse, New Directions Publishing, 1970, p. 4.

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Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
  • Born: April 9, 1821
  • Died: August 31, 1867
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Poet, Art Critic, Philosopher

Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and one of the first translators of Edgar Allan Poe. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited from Romantics, but are based on observations of real life.