The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art
George Bernard Shaw
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his mother drudge for his living ... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l... KUO HIS Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l... KUO HIS His only weakness was the habit of prophesying war within the next fortnight. George Bernard Shaw BARBARA W. TUCHMAN A man is at his best when he is simply not like the rest in all his life's test ANUJ SOMANY A man is at his best when he is simply not like rest in all his life's test ANUJ SOMANY The critic I liked best to sit next to was an ill-dressed young man with a large red beard. His name... HAROLD BAUER If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his diss... CHARLES IVES When George Bernard Shaw visited New Zealand a reporter asked him his impression of the place and, a... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault. WALTER BAGEHOT A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault WALTER BAGEHOT One should save his money against hard times, save his wife at the sacrifice of his riches, but inva... CHANAKYA The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The greatest legacy a father can leave for his children before he departs is PEACE, otherwise his pr... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of his friends lik... OSCAR WILDE Jonathan Edwards - he has his faith, his health, his wife and his children, but more importantly, he... BRIAN ALEXANDER But when they arrive at George's cabin, his wife wasn't there, so Rusty says they helped George sear... ALBERT DAYAN If you come to help us,for the moment,you will not gain any profit. We have no oil. We have nothing ... HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA I am his mistress. His work is his wife. MARION JAVITS What does a man gain in marriage?
nothing
his peace he loses it to his wife
his temper he has to let... APURVA GAGLANI The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his... WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living. HARRY CREWS How should an artist begin to do his work as an artist? I would insist that he begin his work as an ... FRANCIS A. SCHAEFFER THE BACHELOR, THE MEANING OF HIS LIFE LIVING IN DARKNESS IS A CURSED ANIMAL.
THE BACHELOR, THE MEANI... MUCOR DEDALIV RALUI Phileas Fogg, having shut the door of his house at half-past eleven, and having put his right foot b... JULES VERNE The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor an... JAMES A. MICHENER The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his
work and his play, his labor an... ZEN BUDDHIST We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter. RINGO STARR On behalf of the entire Eagles family, our condolences go out to his wife, Sara, to his children, an... JEFFREY LURIE The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife. CYRIL CONNOLLY A true artist is always out of his time. ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY He is living in a mud hut in the middle of nowhere with his Koran, his wife, and his child, ANTHONY RICCO The effort that Dan puts into motivating the crew, his enthusiasm, and his work ethic energize the e... RON FELLOWS An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. JAMES WHISTLER We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense that we respect his theory that ... H. L. MENCKEN Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. REBECCA WEST An authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. REBECCA WEST His wife and children will be getting his G.I. benefits. I told Samantha how important education alw... DEBORAH SAXTON For his heart was in his work, and the heart Giveth grace unto every Art. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW The whole universe conspired to fulfill his deepest desire to become a judge: now he judges the figh... DR HITESH C SHETH A man has his distinctive personal scent which his wife, his children and his dog can recognize. A c... W. H. AUDEN Where's Magnus?" he said. AS he looked toward the kitchen, Clary saw a bruise on his jaw, below his ... CASSANDRA CLARE Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather ... ROBERT SMITHSON He spoke often of his wife and his children. He was definitely a family man. GINNY DYCHE Anyone that says his mind will be probably regarded a fool, but the true artist is not moved by the ... MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON Bert and his wife, Iris, have been extraordinarily committed to the development of soccer at all lev... DON GARBER “Rain. Tumble, bumble and, fall on me. Any old day, any old way. Come for a visit, or come for a s... CAREW PAPRITZ I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man. CHE GUEVARA, FACING HIS ASSASSIN Either this wallpaper goes, or I do! OSCAR WILDE ON HIS DEATHBED When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament... ROBERT BLY How sad a thing for an artist to abandon his art: I think it's much sadder than death ..., TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Art-speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art, if it be art, will te... D.H. LAWRENCE The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist. NOVALIS I don't know what happened to (the diamonds). His wife and children are living in very poor conditio... JEFFREY COHEN He that hath a wife and children must not sit with his fingers in his mouth PROVERB We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect... H.L. MENCKEN We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect... H. L. MENCKEN We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect... JOHN GAY We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect ... HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN He cannot have God for his Father who will not have the Church for his mother. SAINT AUGUSTINE He cannot have God for his Father who will not have the Church for his mother. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is les... TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success. JIM BACKUS Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success JIM BACKUS If what any artist has to say is fundamentally human and profound the public will ultimately take hi... BEN SHAHN An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. JEAN COCTEAU At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by... JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enem... SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER) What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enem... SENECA That will solve nothing, my lord.” His wife strode into the kitchen, stiff pride shining in her ey... MARY WINE The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the same sense and to the extent that we re... H. L. MENCKEN Nobody used to look at George Washington, with his wooden teeth, in his powdered wig, and say, Fashi... CHUCK PALAHNIUK The best art is not always the most popular art, and the most popular art is never truly the best ar... SUZY KASSEM It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry. If the artist must marry let him find someone more in... EZRA POUND It's about an elderly couple, and the wife needs the attention of a dementia unit in assisted living... CHAD STOKES Hans Grovendraad, an honest clown,
By cobbling in his native town,
Had earned a living ever.
... JAN VAN RYSWICK (RYSWYK) It's not who you are, but what you're made of. It's not where you come from, but where you're going ... CAREW PAPRITZ I imagine that Elian and his family must be very happy that they have now returned to daily Cuban fa... AYMEE HERNANDEZ That is an artist as I love artists, modest in his needs: he really wants only two things, his bread... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Harry looked at him and you could see the murder come in his face. ... Harry didn't say anything, bu... ERNEST HEMINGWAY We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead. JANE AUSTEN The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul. WASSILY KANDINSKY A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country EDGAR WATSON HOWE A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country. E. W. HOWE Whoso hath left debt and children, let him come to me; I am their patron, I will discharge his debt ... MUHAMMAD Dream Bravely. Find fearlessness inside of you. Dare, and fear will falter. Challenge, and fear will... CAREW PAPRITZ The artist ought no more to appear in his work than God in nature. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good... GEORGE HERBERT A true artist removes his heart willingly, allows constructive criticism to stomp it, then puts it b... H.G. MEWIS A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else. O. HENRY PORTER A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else. HENRY PORTER The chief and his wife have been real good to my mother; they're neighbors over there. And they have... CHARLIE KNOX Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY “You become a man when you give your family the best of who you are.” ― Carew Papritz, The Leg... CAREW PAPRITZ Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sens... GEORGE SANTAYANA Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude is, in one sense, o... GEORGE SANTAYANA A man who is attached to his family especially mother or wife could be easily corrupted in his profe... ANUJ SOMANY
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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend ... if you have one." GEORGE BERNARD SHAW You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not? GEORGE BERNARD SHAW People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. T... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyon... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Youth is wasted on the young. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid of. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Morality is suspecting other people of not being legally married. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceiv... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they wa... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability and children. Nothing c... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other c... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The camera can represent flesh so superbly that, if I dared, I would never photograph a figure witho... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our difference: to be n hell is to drift: to b... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were ... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW You'll never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespe... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Independence? That's middle-class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us o... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW