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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

Topics: Writing Quotes

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

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...

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...

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

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.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

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...

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.

Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

If you would be a reader, read; if a writer,write

If you would be a reader, read; if a writer,write

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading