You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.
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The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.Gustave Flaubert
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The artist ought no more to appear in his work than God in nature.
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A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.
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One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.
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