Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest novelists in Western literature.
One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes. Use this quote
The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments. Use this quote
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. Use this quote
I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings. Use this quote
Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars. Use this quote
Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant. Use this quote
Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. The artist, in my opinion, is a monstrosity, something outside of nature. Use this quote
Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. Use this quote
Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry. Use this quote
All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry. Use this quote
