What did W. Somerset Maugham mean by: We Americans… like change. It is at once our weakness and our strength. W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom Copy
+ It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Elegance, Politeness, Simplicity, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Comfort, Humor, Resignation, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ The dead look so terribly dead when they’re dead. Author, September 15, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Loss, Mortality, Perception, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. Author, September 14, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Ecstasy, Hunger, Simplicity, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Clearly much that seemed valid seemed so only because he had been taught it from earliest youth. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Education, Influence, Perception, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ I never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Denial, Ego, Perception, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Genius is talent provided with ideals. Author, June 1, 2023December 25, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Genius, Ideals, Talent, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Art, Pursuit, Talent, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
The real function of art is to change mental patterns … making new thought possible. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art is really about perception, and mine have been changed through visiting other realities. Read explanation Fred Tomaselli
