Western Artists

Famous quotes containing the words western and/or artists:

“Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.”
—Octavio Paz (b. 1914)

“As artists they’re rot, but as providers they’re oil wells; they gush. Norris said she never wrote a story unless it was fun to do. I understand Ferber whistles at her typewriter. And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)