Quote by Gustave Flaubert
The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like th

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. – Gustave Flaubert

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Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars. – Gustave Flaubert

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Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. – Gustave Flaubert

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When your hobbies get in the way of your work – thats OK but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves… well. – Steve Martin

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A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Having a second chance makes you want to work even harder. – Tia Mowry

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I give thanks everyday that Ive been able to take my craziness and make it work for me. – Fritz Scholder

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