Inspiring Quotes by Gustave Flaubert - Page 2

"Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force"

"It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs"

"I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly"

"I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none"

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

"I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner vanity"

"I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been made one of its high priests"

"I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings"