I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.
More Quotes from Gustave Flaubert:
There is no truth. There is only perception.Gustave Flaubert
Read much, but not many books.
Gustave Flaubert
I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from prostration to Fury, so that my average state is one of being annoyed.
Gustave Flaubert
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.
Gustave Flaubert
Success is a result, not a goal.
Gustave Flaubert
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Hair Quotes, Love QuotesBased on Keywords: ascetic, frenetic, scratches
I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, when they first came out, that's what I grew up singing.
LaToya London
Bobby had faith in my ability as a singer.
Julie London
I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.
Robert Louis Stevenson