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Page 35
... complete as that which anyone has tried self - con- sciously to make . But the artist is in a privileged position . I use the word artist , not meaning to attach any measure of value to what he produces , but merely to signify some- one ...
... complete as that which anyone has tried self - con- sciously to make . But the artist is in a privileged position . I use the word artist , not meaning to attach any measure of value to what he produces , but merely to signify some- one ...
Page 132
... complete picture of himself . At all events to think thus is a consolation when you cast your eye over the publishers ' advertisements . When you read those long lists of books and when you discover that reviewers have extolled their ...
... complete picture of himself . At all events to think thus is a consolation when you cast your eye over the publishers ' advertisements . When you read those long lists of books and when you discover that reviewers have extolled their ...
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... complete success they gave more scope for the activity of my imagination . In the greatest of all works of art everything had been realized , I could give nothing , and my restless mind tired of passive contemplation . It seemed to me ...
... complete success they gave more scope for the activity of my imagination . In the greatest of all works of art everything had been realized , I could give nothing , and my restless mind tired of passive contemplation . It seemed to me ...
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