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

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The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments. – Gustave Flaubert

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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty. – Saint Augustine

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Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony. – Horace Walpole

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In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. – Kristin Scott Thomas

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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits. – Casey Stengel

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