35 quotes by Gustave Flaubert

“Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.” — Gustave Flaubert

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“Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.” — Gustave Flaubert

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“All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.” — Gustave Flaubert

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“Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.” — Gustave Flaubert

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“There is no truth. There is only perception.” — Gustave Flaubert

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“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” — Gustave Flaubert

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“The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens.” — Gustave Flaubert

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“I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.” — Gustave Flaubert

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“I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.” — Gustave Flaubert

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“Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.” — Gustave Flaubert

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