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Quote by Gustave Flaubert
The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art

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

Other quotes by Gustave Flaubert

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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Gustave Flaubert
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The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family. – Gustave Flaubert

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Family
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An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. – Gustave Flaubert

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Writing
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It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter – a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. – Henri Matisse

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Art

Art is the colors and textures of your imagination. – Meghan, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999

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I think art is the only thing thats spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other peoples interpretations of God. I dont think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means. – Marilyn Manson

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