I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me.
Source: Salon of 1846, sct. 1 (published in Curiosites Esthetiques, 1868).
-- Charles Baudelaire, (Apr 9 1821-1867), French poet, critic, translator; He was noted for his powerful expressionistic poetry and translation of the tales of Edgar Allan Poe.