The true artist will let his wife starve

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	"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

Subject: Art

Top 5 quotes from George bernard shaw

"The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself."
"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. "
"Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run."
"Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?"
"The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man."

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