Max Beerbohm Quote

Just as "pluck" comes of breeding, so is endurance especially an attribute of the artist. Because he can stand outside himself, and (if there be nothing ignoble in them) take pleasure in his own sufferings, the artist has a huge advantage over you and me.

Ch. XV - Zuleika Dobson (1911)

Just as pluck comes of breeding, so is endurance especially an attribute of the artist. Because he can stand outside himself, and (if there be...

Just as pluck comes of breeding, so is endurance especially an attribute of the artist. Because he can stand outside himself, and (if there be...

Just as pluck comes of breeding, so is endurance especially an attribute of the artist. Because he can stand outside himself, and (if there be...

Just as pluck comes of breeding, so is endurance especially an attribute of the artist. Because he can stand outside himself, and (if there be...