"Of all lies, art is the least untrue." ― Gustave Flaubert Topic(s): Art More From Gustave Flaubert "Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying." "Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times." "The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet." More In Art "The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art."― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul."― W. Somerset Maugham "Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth."― John Ruskin