Gustave Flaubert

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

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.

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens.

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