“The artist who gives up an hour of work for an hour of conversation with a friend knows that he is sacrificing a reality for something that does not exist.” KnowsGivingDoeRealityArtistHoursSacrificeConversationGiving Up Book:In Search of Lost Time, Volume VI: Time Regained (A Modern Library E-Book) Source: In Search of Lost Time, Volume VI: Time Regained (A Modern Library E-Book)
“All artists are self-sacrificing human beings, and to become an artist is nothing but to devote oneself to the subterranean gods.” HumansSelfArtistHuman BeingsSacrificeOneself Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“I don't know of a great artist who did not sacrifice and thereby have to wrestle with the depths of loneliness and sadness.” KnowsArtistSacrificeSadnessLonelinessDepthGreat ArtGreat Artist Author:Cornel West