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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if...

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if...

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

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

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very...

One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very...

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...

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

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

The future is the worst thing about the present.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make...

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make...

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

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

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 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.

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...

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....

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name...

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name...

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...

Books are made not like children but like pyramids and they're just as useless! And...

Books are made not like children but like pyramids and they're just as useless! And...

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,...

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...

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with...

According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with...