Quotation by

Gustave Flaubert

The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful one must sense him everywhere but never see him.

Gustave Flaubert

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Flaubert means that an artist’s presence should be felt throughout their work, guiding it completely without drawing attention to themselves. Like God’s unseen influence in the world, the artist’s role is to shape the creation so thoroughly that their hand is everywhere but never directly visible.

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