Quote#Art
An artist will protect his offspring as a hen covers her chicks.…
Quote byArt Young · 1866–1943
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On My Way: Being the Book of Art Young in Text and Picture (1928).
English (original)
An artist will protect his offspring as a hen covers her chicks. Dismiss the created offering of an artist as unworthy, you start a rebellion that savors of outraged paternity. But one never ought to let rejection sink in. He should be up and at it. (October 6th)
— Art Young
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No day passes that one does not hark back to the personalities and events of yesteryear. (September 17th)
Literature and art ought to make people soul hungry. (September 4th)
most people are artists and dreamers in their youth, but their talent and appreciation for art are destroyed by continual application to business and the duty of getting on. (September 11)
every town should have an art gallery for the people. (September 11th)
If he has illuminated the dark and serious subject with a suspicion of fun-it is meant to convey the hope he feels for all sinners like himself, that some relief of a slightly humorous nature may be found even in Hell.
Hardly a day goes by that the problem of duty to myself-versus duty to others does not arise. (September 29th)