Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for...

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for...

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

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

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

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been...

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been...

I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything,...

I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything,...

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

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

Exuberance is better than taste.

Exuberance is better than taste.

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

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

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

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

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

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they...

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they...

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone...

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone...

My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I...

My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I...

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of...

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of...

Laughter is wine for the soul-laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness....

Laughter is wine for the soul-laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness....

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...