There is no truth. There is only perception.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERTThe public wants work which flatters its illusions.
More Gustave Flaubert Quotes
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It’s a delicious thing to write. To be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe of your own creating.
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I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.
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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.
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The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.
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Life is so horrible that one can only bear it by avoiding it. And that can be done by living in the world of art.
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I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.
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It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find.
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The future is the worst thing about the present.
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The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.
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Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.
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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
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Writing history is like drinking an ocean and pissing a cupful.
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A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.
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You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.
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One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.
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