The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1This book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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Page 185
... artist produces for the liberation of his soul . It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down hill . It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of ...
... artist produces for the liberation of his soul . It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down hill . It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of ...
Page 186
... artist ; it is human that he should be pleased if he has given others pleasure or greater strength ; but he should not take it amiss if they find nothing to their purpose in the results of his production . He has already had his reward ...
... artist ; it is human that he should be pleased if he has given others pleasure or greater strength ; but he should not take it amiss if they find nothing to their purpose in the results of his production . He has already had his reward ...
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... artist and the end of other men are different , for the end of the artist is production while the end of other men is right action . And so the artist's attitude to life is in a certain way peculiar to himself . The psychologists tell ...
... artist and the end of other men are different , for the end of the artist is production while the end of other men is right action . And so the artist's attitude to life is in a certain way peculiar to himself . The psychologists tell ...
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