Logan Pearsall Smith Quotes

The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work on the proceeds, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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• The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work on the proceeds, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists.

  

  Logan Pearsall Smith
  • Good
  • Work
  • Money