Gustave Flaubert

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

The future is the worst thing about the present…

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

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

Of all lies, art is the least untrue…

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet…

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like the fleas…

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art…

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

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock…

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and…

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to…

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it…

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

Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it…