"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."
-Gustave Flaubert
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"The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.“
-Gustave Flaubert
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"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything."
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"There is no truth. There is only perception."
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"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."
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"Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work."
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