In the domain of painting and statuary, the present-day credo of the worldly wise, especially in France, is this:... I believe that art is, and can only be, the exact reproduction of nature... An avenging God has heard the prayers of this multitude; Daguerre was his messiah.


Selected writings on art and artists [of] Beaudelaire (ed. Penguin Books, 1972)

Charles Baudelaire Quotes

In the domain of painting and statuary, the present-day credo of the worldly wise, especially in France, is this:... I believe that art is, and can...

In the domain of painting and statuary, the present-day credo of the worldly wise, especially in France, is this:... I believe that art is, and can...

In the domain of painting and statuary, the present-day credo of the worldly wise, especially in France, is this:... I believe that art is, and can...

In the domain of painting and statuary, the present-day credo of the worldly wise, especially in France, is this:... I believe that art is, and can...