Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the... - Gustave Flaubert
"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
More quotes by Gustave Flaubert
"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."
"Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live."
"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything."
"An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."
"The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments."