Human life is a sad show, undoubtedly: ugly, heavy and complex. Art has no other end… — Gustave Flaubert
Human life is a sad show, undoubtedly: ugly, heavy and complex. Art has no other end, for people of feeling, than to conjure away the burden and bitterness.
In the original French
Car la vie humaine est une triste boutique, décidément. – Une chose laide, lourde & compliquée. L'art n'a point d'autre but, pr les gens d'esprit, que d'en escamotter le fardeau & l'amertume.
1864
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Flaubert, Gustave. Letter to Amelie Bosquet. July 1864.
