Quotes by Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far >>

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, >>

But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporte >>

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, >>

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths >>

The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen.

Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle