THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
An artist should be fit for the best eociety, and should keep out of it. Society aJways has a destructive effect upon an artist— first, by its sympathy with his meanest powers; secondly, by its chilling want of understanding of his greatest; and thirdly, by ite vain occupation of his time and thoughts.
—Ruskin.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14902, 16 February 1914, Page 6
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