There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly.


Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835; Paris: Charpentier, 1866), Préface, p. 21

Théophile Gautier Quotes

There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly.

There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly.

There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly.

There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly.