The stars can represent the human ideals higher aspirations goals et cetera.
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The gutter may stand for the personal decline of any art decadence or simply for difficult earthly circumstances.
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In this case the quote implies that we are all struggling in our own gutter of sorts a place where we have nought but despair and hopelessness.
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Obviously looking at the stars alone is not enough to achieve the goal but it is the good starting point.
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Being in the gutter was an expression of utter despair and hopelessness of having gone down as low as one could possibly go.
The quote however differentiates between those who just lay there and bemoan their fate and those who look up at the stars.