"The responsibility of the artist is to transcend……" — Hubert Selby, Jr.

The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego. - Hubert Selby, Jr.

"The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego."

— Hubert Selby, Jr.

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36 Quotes by Hubert Selby, Jr.

Hubert Selby, Jr. has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything…
Being an artist doesn’t take much, just everything you got. Which means, of course, that as the process is giving…
No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.
An extraordinary writer....It is the vastness of Nick Tosches’ heart that makes it possible to reveal the darkness.
My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process.
One of the things I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I…
There are a lot of people in this country who really like my writing. And a lot of writers respect…
I guess it could be said that the inspiration for 'Requiem for a Dream' is watching the American dream not…
I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is…
I've always felt alienated. I realized that I've been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which…
...and the night was comfortably warm as the soft filtered light continued to push the darkness into the shadows as…
...and he just sat back and stared at the tube, almost interested in what was happening, trying to find the…

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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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