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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... artist waits for the illumination that shall bring forth a new spiritual life . He goes about his ordinary ... artist's mind must be set to work on it , all his technical skill , all his experience , and whatever he has in him of ...
... artist waits for the illumination that shall bring forth a new spiritual life . He goes about his ordinary ... artist's mind must be set to work on it , all his technical skill , all his experience , and whatever he has in him of ...
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 ...
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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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