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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

Topics: Inventions Quotes, Poetry Quotes

In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like...

In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like...

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...

She (Madame Bovary) had that indefinable beauty that comes from happiness, enthusiasm, success - a...

She (Madame Bovary) had that indefinable beauty that comes from happiness, enthusiasm, success - a...

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...

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...

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...

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact...

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact...

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...

There is no truth. There is only perception.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

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...

I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from...

I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from...

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...

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...

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

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...

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

When you doubt, abstain.

When you doubt, abstain.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you...

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...