#w

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is irrelevant, style itself being an absolute manner of seeing things. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#almost #art #axiom #bad #being

For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear. ↗

— Christopher Columbus

#appear #day #day to day #determined #down

Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long. ↗

— Christopher Columbus

#crew #day #determined #dismayed #leagues

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

#hard #hard work #i #made #secret

I think the thing that has made it possible for me to write personal songs and sing them year after year is the sensibility for good writing. Just opening your veins all over the paper is not necessarily going to be interesting. I wanted to speak to people. ↗

— Shawn Colvin

#going #good #good writing #i #i think

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#everywhere #god #his #like #must

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#deceived #even #from time to time #never #once

The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#effect #faster #more #sticks #thought

The future is the worst thing about the present. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#future #present #thing #worst #worst thing

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#avoid #being #close #count #nothing