Gustave Flaubert

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.

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.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

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.

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.

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.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.