Author: Gustave Flaubert

Quotes

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

- Gustave Flaubert

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

- Gustave Flaubert

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.

- Gustave Flaubert

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

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

- Gustave Flaubert

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

- Gustave Flaubert

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.

- Gustave Flaubert

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

- Gustave Flaubert

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

- Gustave Flaubert

There is no truth. There is only perception.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

- Gustave Flaubert

Similar Authors: