I am always suspicious when I find a writer, composer, or artist surrounding himself with the trappings of wealth; for it is almost always a dead giveaway that he or she has attempted to sell a talent to which the Muses alone had rights of ownership. Having betrayed their trust, the offender often finds that his license to create has been revoked and his mind condemned to artistic sterility.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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