The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.


A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) ch. 5

James Joyce Quotes

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence,...

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence,...

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence,...

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence,...