Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubertwas an influential French novelist who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary, for his Correspondence, and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 December 1821
CityRouen, France
CountryFrance
Gustave Flaubert quotes about
I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.
You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything
Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.
Prose is like hair; it shines with combing.
What a heavy oar the pen is, and what a strong current ideas are to row in!
By trying to understand everything, everything makes me dream
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
She was the amoureuse of all the novels, the heroine of all the plays, the vague “she” of all the poetry books.
… Her heart remained empty once more, and the procession of days all alike began again. So they were going to follow one another, like this, in line, always identical, innumerable, bringing nothing!
Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.
Talent is long patience.
She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris.
Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.
There is no truth. There is only perception.