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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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There is no truth. There is only perception.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

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...

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...

The future is the worst thing about the present.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss.

A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss.

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,...

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no...

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no...

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...

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I...

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I...

How you measure the performance of your managers directly affects the way they act.

How you measure the performance of your managers directly affects the way they act.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

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...

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.