The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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A carpenter is a craftsman , and though he may be in the narrower sense an artist
, he has not as a rule the freedom of action which the most incompetent scribbler ,
the poorest dauber , possesses . The artist can within certain limits make what ...
A carpenter is a craftsman , and though he may be in the narrower sense an artist
, he has not as a rule the freedom of action which the most incompetent scribbler ,
the poorest dauber , possesses . The artist can within certain limits make what ...
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Nothing befalls him that he cannot transmute into a stanza , a song or a story ,
and having done this be rid of it . 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 .
Nothing befalls him that he cannot transmute into a stanza , a song or a story ,
and having done this be rid of it . 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 .
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But the end of the 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 us that
...
But the end of the 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 us that
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham Works Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Arno Press, 1977 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 18 May 2018 |
| ISBN | 0405078307, 9780405078309 |
| Length | 310 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary |
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