"Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry."
― Gustave Flaubert
Topic(s):
Poetry
― Gustave Flaubert
More From 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."
- "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."
- "Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work."
More In Poetry
- "On a summer night it can be lovely to sit around outside with friends after dinner and, yes, read poetry to each other. Keats and Yeats will never let you down, but it’s differently exciting to read the work of poets who are still walking around out there."― Michael Cunningham
- "That’s my ideal day, time with my boys."― Kenny G
- "Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living."― Vanessa Redgrave