One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the arts, it is nothing without form.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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She (Madame Bovary) had that indefinable beauty that comes from happiness, enthusiasm, success - a...

She (Madame Bovary) had that indefinable beauty that comes from happiness, enthusiasm, success - a...

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...

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

Success is a result, not a goal

Success is a result, not a goal

I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.

I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.

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 the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the...

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the...

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...

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...

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

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...

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

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

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

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 author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and...

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and...

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity...

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity...

Madame Bovary is myself.

Madame Bovary is myself.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.