What did W. Somerset Maugham mean by: There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent. W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom Copy
+ Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose. Read explanation Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Innovation, Purpose, Tradition, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
Thank God, I can look at a sunset now without having to think how to describe it Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Freedom, Gratitude, Reflection, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Deception, Humor, Perception, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
If truth is a value it is because it is true and not because it is brave to speak it. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Bravery, Truth, Value, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
By the time a man notices that he is no longer young, his youth has long since left him. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Age, Awareness, Reflection, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ A little smoke lost in the air, that was the life of a man. Author, July 27, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Fleeting, Impermanence, Mortality, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ It does the heart good to look at you. Author, July 24, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Admiration, Love, Validation, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Defects, Judgement, Perception, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
No piece of art can depict feelings if a piece of reality is not included in it. Read explanation Jean Fautrier Painter · France
