Poetry is as precise a thing 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

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...

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.

Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it...

Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it...

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of...

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of...

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...

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

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...

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

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

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

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...

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of...

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of...

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

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

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 more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

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 art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.