Those who are to follow the arts should have a training in what is called poverty. Given a comfortable middle-class start in life, the artist is almost sure to end up by becoming a bellyacher, constantly complaining because the public does not rush forward at once to proclaim him.


A Story Teller's Story (ed. University of Michigan Press, 1924) - ISBN: 9780472030835

Sherwood Anderson Quotes

Those who are to follow the arts should have a training in what is called poverty. Given a comfortable middle-class start in life, the artist is...

Those who are to follow the arts should have a training in what is called poverty. Given a comfortable middle-class start in life, the artist is...

Those who are to follow the arts should have a training in what is called poverty. Given a comfortable middle-class start in life, the artist is...

Those who are to follow the arts should have a training in what is called poverty. Given a comfortable middle-class start in life, the artist is...