Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.
Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of those things, and haven't shied away from that.
Great artists suffer for the people.
Only the artists interest me whose hearts beat in unison with the poignant misery of the world. If you have not felt that, you have not lived. Pity is essential.
The great artist is the man who most obviously succeeds in turning his pains to advantage, in letting suffering deepens his understanding and sensibility, in growing through his pains.
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.
A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
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