These beings have no other status, but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons, of satisfying their passions, of feeling and thinking.... Contrary to what many thoughtless people seem to believe, dandyism is not even an excessive delight in clothes and material elegance. For the perfect dandy, these things are no more than the symbol of the aristocratic superiority of his mind.


Baudelaire: Selected Writings on Art and Artists (ed. CUP Archive, 1981) - ISBN: 9780521282871

Charles Baudelaire Quotes

These beings have no other status, but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons, of satisfying their passions, of feeling and...

These beings have no other status, but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons, of satisfying their passions, of feeling and...

These beings have no other status, but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons, of satisfying their passions, of feeling and...

These beings have no other status, but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons, of satisfying their passions, of feeling and...