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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all

I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for...

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for...

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.

Madame Bovary is myself.

Madame Bovary is myself.

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art,...

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art,...

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

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.

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

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

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they...

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they...

The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful;...

The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful;...

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.

A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss.

A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss.

The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.

The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.