24 quotes
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”
"If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud."
on Creativity
"The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones."
on Philosophy
"I would rather die of passion than of boredom."
on Life
"Why then should money be blamed for all the dirt and crimes it causes? For is love less filthy - love which creates life?"
on Love
"Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament."
on Art
"I am an artist... I am here to live out loud."
"If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud."
"If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow."
on Truth
"Keep well that is the half of wisdom and of happiness."
on Wisdom
"The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it."
"If you ask me what I came to do in this world I an artist I will answer you: T am here to live out loud.'"
"She wanted to live, and live fully, and to give life, she who loved life! What was the good of existing, if you couldn't give yourself?"
"Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco."
"Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest."
"In Paris, everything's for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles."
"Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?"
"I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity."
"The fate of animals is of far greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous."
on Courage
"There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman."
"The more grievous the sin, the greater the repentance, God was bidding His time."
on Faith
