artisan

artist

is distinguished from an artist in that he is content with the praise of the world in respect to what does not satisfy himself.

is distinguished from an artisan in that the artisan is content with the praise of the world in respect to what does not satisfy himself.

is the consequence, never the object, of a great mind.

's most common disguise is in the praise of what is subordinate.

is never solitary; for they breed like Surinam toads; you cannot tell one but out it comes with a hundred young ones on its back.

Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.