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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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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.

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...

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...

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Exuberance is better than taste.

Exuberance is better than taste.

My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I...

My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I...

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and...

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and...

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.

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 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;...

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...

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...

Success is a result, not a goal

Success is a result, not a goal

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...

The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.

The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.

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.

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.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...