W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

Self-doubt, which is the artist’s bitterest enemy.

W. Somerset Maugham

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• Self-doubt, which is the artist’s bitterest enemy.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Doubt
  • Enemy