W. Somerset Maugham Quote

There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of their attainment.


A traveller in romance: uncollected writings 1901-1964 (ed. Vintage, 1984)


There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of their attainment.

There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of their attainment.

There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of their attainment.

There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of their attainment.