Gustave Flaubert Quotes

French - Novelist | December 12, 1821 - May 8, 1880

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

Gustave Flaubert

ArtPerfectionEverythingAnything

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

Gustave Flaubert

InspirationalBelieveEndWingsUp

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

Gustave Flaubert

CommunicationArtWritingBelieve

A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss.

Gustave Flaubert

BeautifulMemoryYouDesireMiss

There is no truth. There is only perception.

Gustave Flaubert

TruthPerceptionOnly

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Gustave Flaubert

GoodHappinessGood HealthHealth

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.

Gustave Flaubert

LifeLoveWomenHappinessSunTrees

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.

Gustave Flaubert

HappinessAgeTodayLovedIdiotYou

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Gustave Flaubert

YoungSittingSeeStandingElder

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

Gustave Flaubert

BrainyNeverMasterDoesFeels

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Gustave Flaubert

InterestingEnoughLongYouLook

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Gustave Flaubert

ArtLiesLeastUntrue

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