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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

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Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom. – Gustave Flaubert

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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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In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this – death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper. – Terry Pratchett

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To send light into the darkness of mens hearts – such is the duty of the artist. – Robert Schumann

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Art is good, bad, boring, ugly, useful to us or not. – Jerry Saltz

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