“I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.”
Nature
“The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens.”
WorkAll Quotes by Gustave Flaubert
“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“The cult of art gives pride one never has too much of it.”
Art“The future is the worst thing about the present.”
Future“Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.”
Poetry“Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.”
Hope“Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.”
Happiness“Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom.”
Art“Of all lies, art is the least untrue.”
Art“There is no truth. There is only perception.”
Truth“I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.”
Work“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”
Art“The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.”
Art“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
Work“The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens.”
Work“A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.”
Death“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
Happiness“The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.”
Diet“All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.”
Poetry“Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.”
Poetry