Quote by Charles Baudelaire
Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place.
Summary
This quote suggests that poetry and progress are in constant conflict. Both are driven by ambition but their approaches and priorities clash. When they cross paths, one inevitably has to make way for the other. It implies that the pursuit of aesthetic beauty and the pursuit of material advancement are incompatible, and compromises must be made.