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Art for Art's Sake means, for its adepts, the pursuit of pure beauty – without any other consideration.

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Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time.
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Théophile Gautier

Théophile Gautier
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Born: August 30, 1811
Died: October 23, 1872 (aged 61)
Bio: Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.
Known for:
  1. Captain Fracasse (1863)
  2. Mademoiselle de Maupin (1834)
  3. La Morte Amoureuse (1836)
  4. The Mummy's Foot (1840)
  5. Émaux et Camées (1852)
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