Definition.com
Eduard Manet is an artist not by inclination but by force. He's a galley slave chained to the oar.
Definition.com
Eduard Manet is in despair because he cannot paint atrocious paintings…and be fêted and decorated; he is an artist not by inclination but by force. He's a galley slave chained to the oar. Quoted in The Paintings of Manet by Nathaniel Harris (Mallard Press 1989).
See also
.com