Flaubert

Famous quotes containing the word flaubert:

“I do not like to “interest” the public with myself.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)

“Mediocrity cherishes rules; as for me, I hate them; I feel for them and for every restriction, corporation, caste, hierarchy, level, herd, a loathing which fills my soul, and it is in this respect perhaps that I understand martyrdom.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)

“The artist must be in his work like God in his Creation, invisible and all-powerful, so that he is felt everywhere but not seen.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)