"What the artist owes the world is his……" — Harry Crews

"What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living."

— Harry Crews

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25 Quotes by Harry Crews

Harry Crews has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer,…
Hell came right along with God, hand in hand. The stink of sulfur swirled in the air of the church,…
I've never enjoyed myself. I'm incapable of enjoying myself. There's just some people who don't enjoy themselves very much.
I never wanted to be well-rounded. I do not admire well-rounded people nor their work. So far as I can…
If you're gonna write, for God in heaven's sake, try to get naked. Try to write the truth. Try to…
The truth of the matter was stories was everything and everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way…
I think all of us are looking for that which does not admit of bullshit . . . If you…
The artist lives in an atmosphere of perpetual failure.
Writing a book is like torture that you don't know, but after it's done and there it is. It's a…
The writer's job is to get naked...
Teaching, real teaching, is - or ought to be - a messy business.
There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is…

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor… — Chinua Achebe
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. — Sebastian Bach
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political… — Kevin Bacon
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I… — Erykah Badu
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint… — Erykah Badu

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