More quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"There are two infinities that confuse me: the one in my soul devours me; the one around me will crush me"
"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything."
"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
"I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings."