From the standpoint of pure Art one might almost establish the axiom that there is no such thing as subject – style in itself being an absolute manner of seeing things.[En se posant au point de vue de l’Art pur, qu’il n’y en a aucun, le style étant à lui tout seul une manière absolue de voir les choses.]
Source:Letter to Louise Colet (January 16, 1852), The Letter of Gustave Flaubert (1830-1857), (ed. 1980), Page 154
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