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Quote by Gustave Flaubert
Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move the stars to pity. – Gustave Flaubert

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Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. – Gustave Flaubert

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Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. – Gustave Flaubert

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The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful one must sense him everywhere but never see him. – Gustave Flaubert

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