A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if...

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if...

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.

Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it...

Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it...

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name...

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name...

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...

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and...

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and...

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

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

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,...

There is no truth. There is only perception.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

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...

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the...

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the...

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...

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...

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art,...

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art,...