Albert Aurier's Elements of Symbolism

The elements constituting a symbolist creation should be:

1: Ideative, since its sole aim should be the expression of the Idea:

2: Symbolist, since it must express the idea in forms;

3: Synthetic, since it will express those forms and signs in a way that is generally comprehensible;

4: Subjective, since the object will never be considered merely as an object, but as the indication of an idea perceived by the subject;

5: Decorative, since decorative work, such as it was conceived by the Egyptians, Greeks and the Primitives, is nothing other than an art at once synthetic, symbolist and ideative.