“Self-doubt, which is the artist’s bitterest enemy.”
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 43, p. 153
Quotes from book
The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham first published in April 15th, 1919. It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator, in a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. The story is in part based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.
“Men are always the same. Fear makes them cruel.”
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 55, p. 204
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 32, p. 116
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 16, p. 61
Source: http://glimmertrain.com/documents/pdfs/MaughamQuote.pdf
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 50, p. 1??
