The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Art Quotes, Personality Quotes

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state,...

Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state,...

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.