Flaubert

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“And so I will take back up my poor life, so plain and so tranquil, where phrases are adventures and the only flowers I gather are metaphors.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)

“One mustn’t ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.”
—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)