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Page 87
One idea suggests another ; it is very pleasant to pursue it , even though it is not directly concerned with the subject . The inclination to digress is human . But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must ...
One idea suggests another ; it is very pleasant to pursue it , even though it is not directly concerned with the subject . The inclination to digress is human . But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must ...
Page 130
For the artist should be indifferent to praise and blame , since he is concerned with his work only in its relation to himself , and how it affects the public is a matter in which he is materially perhaps , but not spirit- ually ...
For the artist should be indifferent to praise and blame , since he is concerned with his work only in its relation to himself , and how it affects the public is a matter in which he is materially perhaps , but not spirit- ually ...
Page 131
ually , concerned . The 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 ...
ually , concerned . The 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 ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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