Of making books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh [Ecclesiastes 12:12], ... is not my comment.
Rather I do agree with Somerset Magham: The artist's egoism is outrageous: it must be: he is by nature a solipsist and the world exists only for him to exercice upon it his powers of creation. [The Summing Up, 1938]
Chuckle.
ReplyDeleteOf making books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh [Ecclesiastes 12:12], ... is not my comment.
Rather I do agree with Somerset Magham: The artist's egoism is outrageous: it must be: he is by nature a solipsist and the world exists only for him to exercice upon it his powers of creation.
[The Summing Up, 1938]
Anyway, email follows. :)
Thanks, Sean. All noted.
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