gustave flaubert Quotes 1
| Name | Birthday | Death Date | Nationality | father | Mother | Profession | Famous For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gustave Flaubert | 12 December 1821 | 8 May 1880 | French | Achille-Cléophas Flaubert | Anne Justine Caroline Flaubert | Author, Novelist, Playwright | French novelist, espcially known for his first published novel, Madame Bovary(1857), for his Correspondence and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. |
A list of popular gustave flaubert quotes are given below.
"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live." - Gustave Flaubert
"The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful one must sense him everywhere but never see him." - Gustave Flaubert
"To be stupid, selfish and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost." - Gustave Flaubert
"Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work." - Gustave Flaubert
"Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars." - Gustave Flaubert
"The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois." - Gustave Flaubert