“You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: art
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The artist must be in his work
“The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him everywhere but never see him.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: work
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Our ignorance of history causes us to
“Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: history
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The better a work is, the more
“The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: work
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I love my work with a frenetic
“I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: work
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Success is a consequence and must not
“Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: success
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There are neither good nor bad subjects.
“There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is irrelevant, style itself being an absolute manner of seeing things.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: art
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The art of writing is the art
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: communication
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Oh, if I had been loved at
“Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: age
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Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing
“Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: freedom
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