The public wants work which flatters its illusions. - Gustave Flaubert

"You don’t make art out of good intentions."

"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."

"God is only a word dreamed up to explain the world"

"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."

"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."