Flaubert spoke true: to succeed a great artist must have both character and fanaticism and few in this country are willing to pay the price. (Cyril Connolly)

Flaubert spoke true: to succeed a great artist must have both character and fanaticism and few in this country are willing to pay the price.

Cyril Connolly

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