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. – Gustave Flaubert
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. – Gustave Flaubert
All ones inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry. – Gustave Flaubert
I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key. – Gustave Flaubert
What Whitney Houston has accomplished will never be accomplished. Shes the most famous person on the planet as far as vocaling and her songs. So Im very happy that I can sit here and say I had a chance to know her. And Im still dazed that shes gone. But she lives because her music is so powerful. – Narada Michael Walden