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Biography - Gustave Flaubert:

French novelist.
Born: 1821 - Died: 1880
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

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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Quotes for: art


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Quotes about art:


Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.





My trade and art is to live.





The more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people.





Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.





I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'





The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.











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Gustave Flaubert also said...


Idiots: Those who do not think like us.





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





An infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space.





Philosophy: Should always be snickered at.





Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope.





I want to live through three or four more books.












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