Quotation by
Charles Baudelaire
An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures, but which at the same time implies and contains an equally exquisite sense of all deformities and all disproportion.
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Understanding this quote AI Analysis
Baudelaire means that an artist’s talent comes from a deep awareness of both beauty and ugliness, experiencing them intensely and simultaneously. This dual sensitivity allows the artist to appreciate the fleeting nature of time through the contrast between perfection and imperfection.
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