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Quote by Gustave Flaubert
There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is irrelevant, style itself being an absolute manner of seeing things. – Gustave Flaubert

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I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly. – Gustave Flaubert

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Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. – 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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Pictures must not be too picturesque. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I dont think its fair that Im living for something I cant even define. – Ani DiFranco

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Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. – Martin Luther

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Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. – Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), Fiesco, translated from German

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Ive accentuated the look over the years. As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death. – Alexei Sayle

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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. – H. L. Mencken

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