Who said "True courage is not the absence of fear, but its mastery."?

This quote is attributed to Théophile Gautier.

True courage is not the absence of fear, but its mastery. - Théophile Gautier

"True courage is not the absence of fear, but its mastery."

Théophile Gautier Courage

Poet Novelist French 1811–1872

"Art for art's sake"

"I love beauty; it is the only thing worth loving"

"The beautiful is as useful as the useful"

"Nothing is truly beautiful except what is useless"

"Never let fear stop you from chasing your dreams."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Sometimes you have to be the monster to stop the monsters."