W. Somerset Maugham on Art
Browse 6 quotations attributed to W. Somerset Maugham, catalogued under art, with dates where available.
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Attributed to W. Somerset Maugham, entry #24134: "There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless."
Attributed to W. Somerset Maugham, entry #40473: "Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul."
6 Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham on Art
"There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless."
"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul."
"Self-doubt, which is the artist's bitterest enemy."
"There are men who are possessed by an urge so strong to do some particular thing that they can't help themselves, they've got to do it. They're prepared to sacrifice everything to satisfy their yearning."
"The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel."
"I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art."