Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like...

In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like...

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and...

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and...

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I...

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I...

I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy....

I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy....

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been...

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been...

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact...

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact...

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to...

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to...

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no...

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no...

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone...

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone...

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent....

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent....

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,...

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,...