One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness. Votes: 27
The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. Votes: 2
One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the arts, it is nothing without form. Votes: 2
Exuberance is better than taste. Votes: 0
Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. Votes: 0
Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name is Legion. Votes: 0
Read in order to live. Votes: 0
Talent is long patience. Votes: 0
Talent is nothing but long patience. Votes: 0
Talent is a long patience. Votes: 0
I live absolutely like an oyster. Votes: 0
The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family. Votes: 0
People believe a little too easily that the function of the sun is to help the cabbages along. Votes: 0
You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful. Votes: 0
Madame Bovary is myself. Votes: 0
All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry. Votes: 0
Read much, but not many books. Votes: 0
Art is nothing without form. Votes: 0
Beautiful things spoil nothing. Votes: 0
Boredom, that silent spider, was spinning its web in the darkness in every corner of her heart. Votes: 0
COLD. Healthier than heat. Votes: 0
Farming -- a vocation accursed of heaven, since one never saw a millionaire involved in it. Votes: 0
How we keep these dead souls in our hearts. Each one of us carries within himself his necropolis. Votes: 0
Madame Aubain's servant Felicite was the envy of the ladies of Pont-l'Eveque for half a century. Votes: 0
One day, I shall explode like an artillery shell and all my bits will be found on the writing table. Votes: 0
One's existence should be in two parts: one should live like a bourgeois and think like a demigod. Votes: 0
Reveal art; conceal the artist. Votes: 0
The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy. Votes: 0
To be simple is no small matter. Votes: 0
Tout ce qu'on invente est vrai, soi-en sure. La poesie est une chose aussi precise que la geometrie. Votes: 0