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"
"Of all lies, art is the least untrue."
"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."
"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."