Quote by: Theophile Gautier

This apparent hurly-burly and disorder turn out, after all, to reproduce real life with its fantastic ways more accurately than the most carefully studied out drama of manners. Every man is in himself all humanity, and if he writes what occurs to him he succeeds better than if he copies, with the help of a magnifying glass, objects placed outside of him.


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  • NameTheophile Gautier
  • DescriptionFrench writer
  • AliasesPierre Jules Théophile Gautier; Theophile Gautier
  • BornAugust 31, 1811
  • DiedOctober 22, 1872
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Journalist; Choreographer; Novelist; Playwright; Librettist