George Bernard Shaw Quotes
A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.
George Bernard Shaw
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Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
Oscar Wilde
I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.
Aaron Johnson
I am like a friend to my kids. My wife, Sangeeta, handles their studies, etc.
Vijay
I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age.
P. J. Harvey
To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction I wanted, and have her surprise me with wonderful choices was a real treat.
Lasse Hallstrom
My wife and I ran through 'Justified' in, like, a day. And that is such a funny, amazing show.
Adam Pally
When I returned to the United States after three years of World War II service, my total assets consisted of one wife, one small daughter, $276 in the bank, and an idea. The idea was for an export business to supply items badly needed everywhere in Europe.
E. Joseph Cossman
Here among my books, my wife, my friends and my loves, I have plenty of reasons to keep living.
Carlos Fuentes
The most profound, tangible influence in my life has been my wife, Monique. I don't know that I would even be alive were it not for her, and I certainly would not be the person that I am today.
Edgar Winter
The work of art is always unfaithful to its creator... Art lays at a higher level; it says something more, and almost always, it says something different from what the artist wanted to say.
Octavio Paz
Most of the things that really matter require faith. 'How do I know that my wife loves me?' 'How do I know that Mozart's 'Jupiter Symphony' is sublime and beautiful?' There are all sorts of things which come at a more lowly level than that - 'How do I know that two plus two equals four?' There are different layers, different types of knowing.
N. T. Wright
I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to make sure I make the best music I can, according to my way.
Sam Hunt