Quote#Poetry
The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They…
Quote byGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1856–1950
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Love Among the Artists (1900).
English (original)
The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses thrive and poets and composers starve.
— George Bernard Shaw
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