Who said "Nature provides exceptions to every rule."?

This quote is attributed to Théophile Gautier.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule. - Théophile Gautier

"Nature provides exceptions to every rule."

Théophile Gautier Nature

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"

"Nature teaches us about beauty."

"Nature teaches us patience and wisdom"

"Sometimes it snows in April."

"Every town has a soul, and Twin Peaks has a troubled one."