“And fathers are a blessing, too, they give the place a tone; In fact each child should try and have some parents of its own.” GivingShouldTryingChildrenFactsFatherParentBlessingTone Author:Louis Untermeyer
“Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth.” KnowsWantWholeWisdomReadingKnowledgeStupidityConclusionThreadKnowledge Wisdom Author:Gustave Flaubert
“What I would like to write is a book about nothing, a book without exterior attachments, which would be held together by the innerforce of its style, as the earth without support is held in the air--a book that would have almost no subject or at least in which the subject would be almost invisible.” ThinkingWritingArtBookWould BeEarthTogetherArtistLanguageSupportAirSubjectsStyleInvisibleThoughtfulAttachmentExterior Author:Gustave Flaubert
“The finest works of art are those in which there is the least matter. The closer expression comes to thought, the more the word clings to the idea and disappears, the more beautiful the work of art.” ThinkingArtIdeasMatterBeautifulArtistLanguageExpressionDisappearThoughtfulWorks Of ArtFinest Author:Gustave Flaubert
“Everything which one invents is true, be sure of it.” TruthCreativityOriginality Author:Gustave Flaubert
“There are in me, in literary terms, two distinct characters: one who is taken with roaring, with lyricism, with soaring aloft, with all the sonorities of phrase and summits of thought; and the other who digs and scratches for truth all he can, who is as interested in the little facts as the big ones, who would like to make you feel materially the things he reproduces.” FeelsLittlesArtTwoCharacterFactsBigsArtistLiteratureTermTakenPhrasesSoarScratchesSummitRoaringLiterary Terms Author:Gustave Flaubert
“Each dream finds at last its form; there is a drink for every thirst, and love for every heart. And there is no better way to spend your life than in the unceasing preoccupation of an idea--of an ideal.” WayHeartArtIdeasDreamLastsFormArtistDrinkIdealsAnd LoveThirstIdealismBetter WaysPreoccupation Author:Gustave Flaubert
“I had, as I told you, a great passion while still almost a child. When it was over, I divided myself in two, placing on one side the soul I kept for Art, and on the other, my body, which would have to fend for itself.” LoveChildrenArtStillsTwoSoulBodyArtistPassionSidesDividedGreat Passion Author:Gustave Flaubert
“The most important quality of art and its aim is illusion; emotion, which is often obtained by certain sacrifices of poetic detail, is something else entirely and of an inferior order.” ArtImportantArtistCertainOrderEmotionQualitySacrificeIllusionAimDetailsPoeticInferiors Author:Gustave Flaubert