Smith Began

Famous quotes containing the words smith and/or began:

    “The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil’s traps for artists.”
    —Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946)

    “Then he rang the bell and ordered a ham sandwich. When the maid placed the plate on the table, he deliberately looked away but as soon as the door had shut, he grabbed the sandwich with both hands, immediately soiled his fingers and chin with the hanging margin of fat and, grunting greedily, began to much.”
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)