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... claim to originality that can seldom be justified . Craftsman is not enough . 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 ...
... claim to originality that can seldom be justified . Craftsman is not enough . 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 ...
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... claim that in life stories are not finished , situations are not rounded off and loose ends are left hanging . This ... claims to be an artist and the artist , does not copy life , he makes an arrangement out of it to suit his own ...
... claim that in life stories are not finished , situations are not rounded off and loose ends are left hanging . This ... claims to be an artist and the artist , does not copy life , he makes an arrangement out of it to suit his own ...
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William Somerset Maugham. lxi That is a claim that the author has always made and to this he has added another claim : he has as- serted that he was not as other men and in conse- quence not amenable to their rules . Other men have ...
William Somerset Maugham. lxi That is a claim that the author has always made and to this he has added another claim : he has as- serted that he was not as other men and in conse- quence not amenable to their rules . Other men have ...
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