“Stupidity is something unshakable nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.”
Nature
“I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.”
NatureAll Quotes by Gustave Flaubert
“The future is the worst thing about the present.”
Future“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
Happiness“I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.”
Work“Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.”
Success“Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.”
Poetry“Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.”
Poetry“All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.”
Poetry“A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.”
Death“Life must be a constant education one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.”
Education“The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful one must sense him everywhere but never see him.”
God“The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.”
Future“Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.”
Art“I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.”
Alone“Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.”
Happiness“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
Music“Of all lies, art is the least untrue.”
Art“The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.”
Diet“The cult of art gives pride one never has too much of it.”
Art“There is no truth. There is only perception.”
Truth