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By taking thought , by deliberate effort , the artist must enlarge , deepen and diversify his personality . Then the soil must lie fal- low . Like the bride of Christ , the artist waits for the illumination that shall bring forth a new ...
By taking thought , by deliberate effort , the artist must enlarge , deepen and diversify his personality . Then the soil must lie fal- low . Like the bride of Christ , the artist waits for the illumination that shall bring forth a new ...
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To the artist the communication he offers is a by - product . I am not speaking now of those who practise an art to teach ; they are propagandists and with them art is a side issue . Artistic creation is a specific activity that is ...
To the artist the communication he offers is a by - product . I am not speaking now of those who practise an art to teach ; they are propagandists and with them art is a side issue . Artistic creation is a specific activity that is ...
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The artist is the only free man . Perhaps that is why the world on the whole has had the profound suspicion of him that we know . It is not sure that he can be trusted when he reacts to the common impulses of men so unaccountably .
The artist is the only free man . Perhaps that is why the world on the whole has had the profound suspicion of him that we know . It is not sure that he can be trusted when he reacts to the common impulses of men so unaccountably .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | W. Heinemann, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0434456101, 9780434456109 |
| Length | 317 pages |
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