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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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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...

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...

Success is a result, not a goal

Success is a result, not a goal

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...

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...

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

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 most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but...

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but...

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.

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

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

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

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

One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very...

One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very...

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.

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

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

I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy....

I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy....

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...

The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful;...

The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful;...

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

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...

There is no truth. There is only perception.

There is no truth. There is only perception.