"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
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Gustave Flaubert
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Quotes by Gustave Flaubert
"The public wants work which flatters its illusions."
"Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom."
"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."
"I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within."
"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."
"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."
"The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments."
"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."
"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."
"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
"There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it"
"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything."
"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"Of all lies, art is the least untrue."
"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."
"I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings."
"One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels."