“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.”
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Summing Up
Source: The Summing Up (1938), p. 310
William Somerset Maugham: 158 citations0 J'aime
William Somerset Maugham: Citations en anglais
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Summing Up
Source: The Summing Up (1938), p. 285
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Moon and Sixpence
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 41, p. 142
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Moon and Sixpence
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 58, p. 213
“The tragedy of love is indifference.”
The Trembling of a Leaf, ch. 4
W. Somerset Maugham livre Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 42
“A god that can be understood is not a god.”
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge (1943), p. 283
“Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it.”
Source: Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930), p. 140.<!-- Doubleday Doran & Co. -->
Contexte: Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge (1943)
Contexte: Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.
“What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.”
"1901", p. 67
A Writer's Notebook (1946)
W. Somerset Maugham livre Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 51
Contexte: You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it in their flesh. They do not know how mean it makes you. It exposes you to endless humiliation, it cuts your wings, it eats into your soul like a cancer. It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank, and independent.
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Summing Up
Source: The Summing Up (1938), p. 306
"The judgement seat", p. 316
Short Stories, Collected short stories 1
“Women are always glad to listen when you discourse upon love…”
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Razor's Edge
p, 125
The Razor's Edge (1943)
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Moon and Sixpence
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 44, p. 157
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Moon and Sixpence
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 1, p. 8
“But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved.”
W. Somerset Maugham livre Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 70
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Summing Up
Source: The Summing Up (1938), p. 182
“Life isn't long enough for love and art.”
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Moon and Sixpence
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 21, p. 80
“We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us.”
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Moon and Sixpence
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 38, p. 129
The Mixture As Before (1940) "The Treasure"
Short Stories
“Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.”
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Summing Up
Source: The Summing Up (1938), p. 290
W. Somerset Maugham livre Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 45
“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”
W. Somerset Maugham livre Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 50
Source: Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930), p. 137
W. Somerset Maugham livre The Moon and Sixpence
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 42, p. 147
