Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing bu... - Gustave Flaubert

"There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it"

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

"An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."

"The public wants work which flatters its illusions."

"Of all lies, art is the least untrue."