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“I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.”

Gustave Flaubert · Nature

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Gustave Flaubert

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is irrelevant, style itself being an absolute manner of seeing things.

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Gustave Flaubert

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Happiness

Gustave Flaubert

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.

Art

Gustave Flaubert

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.

Happiness