flaubert Quotes

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

“The future is the worst thing about the present.”

“The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful one must sense him everywhere but never see him.”

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

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

“Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.”

“Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.”

“The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family.”

“Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.”

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