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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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

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

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal.

Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal.

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

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

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

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 better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas...

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas...

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

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

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that...

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that...

Success is a result, not a goal

Success is a result, not a goal

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm...

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm...

I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all

I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all

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...

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...

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the...

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the...

Madame Bovary is myself.

Madame Bovary is myself.

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent....

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent....

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...