"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything."
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"The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe."
Gustave Flaubert"Of all lies, art is the least untrue."
Gustave Flaubert"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"A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies."
Gustave Flaubert"The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments."
Gustave Flaubert"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."
Gustave Flaubert"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."
Gustave Flaubert"I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings."
Gustave Flaubert"Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work."
Gustave Flaubert"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"There is no truth. There is only perception."
Gustave Flaubert"Read in order to live."
Gustave Flaubert"Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry."
Gustave Flaubert"Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry."
Gustave Flaubert