“Most works of art are, necessarily, bad…; one suffers through the many for the few.”
“The Little Cars”, p. 200
Kipling, Auden & Co: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (1980)
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“Art is work. It is the ability to give life to the emotions of others through one's talent.”
Original: (it) L'arte è lavoro. È la facoltà di dar vita alle emozioni altrui tramite il proprio talento.
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Life in the Industry: A Musician's Diary

Speech at Stockport (14 November 1936), The Manchester Guardian (15 November 1936), quoted in Hugh Dalton, The Fateful Years. Memoirs 1931-1945 (London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1957), p. 151.

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“All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?”
Existencilism (2002)
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Jörg Immendorff (1976), as cited in: William Packer. " Obituary: Jörg Immendorff http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2101396,00.html," The Guardian, 13 June 2007