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

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Art Quotes, Personality Quotes

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

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...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

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...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

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.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find...

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find...

We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which...

We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which...

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them