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.
(Letter to Mademoiselle Leroyer de Chantepie, 1857)

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

Gustave Flaubert (Letter to Louise Colet, 1852)

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

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If you knew all the dreams I've dreamed!

Gustave Flaubert (Madame Bovary, 1856)

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