Quotes by Flaubert, Gustave

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. >>

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of s >>

Read in order to live. >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. >>

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, b >>

When a poet's mind is perfectly equipped for its work, it is constantl >>

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.

Flaubert, Gustave