Quote by Arthur Rimbaud

For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting and poetry ridiculous. I loved absurd pictures, fanlights, stage scenery, mountebanks backcloths, inn-signs, cheap colored prints; unfashionable literature, church Latin, pornographic books badly spelt, grandmothers novels, fairy stories, little books for children, old operas, empty refrains, simple rhythms.

For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting a

Summary

In this quote, the speaker expresses their disregard towards popular celebrities in the realms of painting and poetry. Rather than being drawn to the conventional and acclaimed forms of artistry, they find amusement and appreciation in the unconventional, kitschy, and often dismissed aspects of culture. The speaker has a penchant for the absurd, the unrefined, and the nostalgic, finding beauty and charm in the overlooked and disregarded corners of literature and visual arts. This quote reflects the speaker's unique taste and their inclination towards the simple, offbeat, and less prestigious forms of artistic expression.

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