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“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.”

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Louis Untermeyer

Louis Untermeyer was an American poet, literary critic, and editor, born on October 1, 1885, and died on December 18, 1977. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound insight into American culture. more

“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.”

Thinking Writing Art Book Would Be Earth Together Artist Language Support Air Subjects Style Invisible Thoughtful Attachment Exterior

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.”

Thinking Art Ideas Matter Beautiful Artist Language Expression Disappear Thoughtful Works Of Art Finest

Author:Gustave Flaubert

“Everything which one invents is true, be sure of it.”

Truth Creativity Originality

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.”

Feels Littles Art Two Character Facts Bigs Artist Literature Term Taken Phrases Soar Scratches Summit Roaring Literary 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.”

Way Heart Art Ideas Dream Lasts Form Artist Drink Ideals And Love Thirst Idealism Better Ways Preoccupation

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.”

Love Children Art Stills Two Soul Body Artist Passion Sides Divided Great Passion

Author:Gustave Flaubert

“Everything is there: the love of Art.”

Art Artist

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.”

Art Important Artist Certain Order Emotion Quality Sacrifice Illusion Aim Details Poetic Inferiors

Author:Gustave Flaubert

“Everything depends on the value we give to things. We are the ones who make morality and virtue. The cannibal who eats his neighbor is as innocent as the child who sucks his barley-sugar.”

Giving Children Values Virtue Depends Morality Neighbor Innocent Sugar Cannibal Barley

Author:Gustave Flaubert

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