Quote by Gustave Flaubert
The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like th

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. – Gustave Flaubert

Other quotes by Gustave Flaubert

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest. – Gustave Flaubert

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Art
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Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. The artist, in my opinion, is a monstrosity, something outside of nature. – Gustave Flaubert

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Nature
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All ones inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry. – Gustave Flaubert

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Poetry
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Golf is good, it means I get some fresh air and exercise, take my mind off work and see some of the landscape of the place Im visiting. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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I was looking for a husband, but meanwhile to survive, I had to work. – Helen Reddy

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Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. – Mark Twain

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I dont work at being ordinary. – Paul McCartney

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