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Give me the artist who breathes it like a native, and goes about his work in it as quietly as a common man goes about his ordinary business. Mozart did so; and that is why I like him. Even if I did not, I should pretend

Give me the artist who breathes it like a native, and goes about his work in it as quietly as a common man goes about his ordinary business. Mozart did so; and that is why I like him. Even if I did not, I should pretend to; for a taste in his music is a mark of caste among musicians, and should be worn, like a tall hat, by the amateur who wishes to pass for a true Brahmin.

George Bernard Shaw
Artist, Men, Giving

Instead of Otello being an Italian opera written in the style of Shakespeare, Othello is a play written by Shakespeare in the style of Italian opera.

George Bernard Shaw
Italian, Play, Style

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt.

George Bernard Shaw
Hurt, Would Be, Cruelty
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.3686, e-artnow

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.

George Bernard Shaw
Fire, Doors, Painting

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

George Bernard Shaw
Struggle, Taken, Steps

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

George Bernard Shaw
Men, Done, World
Major Barbara (1907) act 3

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

George Bernard Shaw
Writing, Thinking, Veteran

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

George Bernard Shaw
Vitality, Enough, Instinct

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

George Bernard Shaw
Witty, War, British Soldiers
The Devil's Disciple (1901) act 3

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Witty, Men
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.1246, e-artnow

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspirational, Fear, Rewards
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.3694, e-artnow

She is immensely interested in him. She has even secret mischievous moments in which she wishes she could get him alone, on a desert island, away from all ties and with nobody else in the world to consider, and just drag him off his pedestal and see him making love like any common man.

George Bernard Shaw
Islands, Wish, Desert
"The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw".

Decency cannot be discussed without indecency!

George Bernard Shaw
Morality, Decency
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.3039, e-artnow

The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all.

George Bernard Shaw
Sauce, Sticks, Throat
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4094, e-artnow

A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a healthy man of his bones. But if you break a person's nationality it will think of nothing else but getting it set again.

George Bernard Shaw
Men, Thinking, History
"John Bull's Other Island". Book by George Bernard Shaw (Preface), November 1, 1904.

The technical history of modern harmony is a history of growth of toleration by the human ear of chords that at first sounded discordant and senseless to the main body of contemporary professional musicians.

George Bernard Shaw
Music, Growth, Ears

The worst cliques are those which consist of one man.

George Bernard Shaw
Men, Class, Clique
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4009, e-artnow

Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination.

George Bernard Shaw
Death, Imagination, Age
Saint Joan (1924) epilogue

If I bind the future I bind my will. If I bind my will I strangle creation.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspirational, Creation, Ifs
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.2926, e-artnow

Only Lawyers and mental defectives are automatically exempt for jury duty.

George Bernard Shaw
Sarcastic, Law, Duty

Dancing is a very crude attempt to get into the rhythm of life.

George Bernard Shaw
Life, Dancing, Ballet
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.3990, e-artnow

Nature holds no brief for the human experiment; it must stand or fall by its results.

George Bernard Shaw
Fall, Results, Mankind
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.2851, e-artnow

Money is the counter that enables life to be lived socially; it is life as truly as sovereigns and banknotes are money.

George Bernard Shaw
Money, Wealth

What is wrong with the prosaic Englishman is what is wrong with the prosaic men of all countries: stupidity.

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Country, Men
George Bernard Shaw (2012). “Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy”, p.14, The Floating Press

What, or who, led you to take up photography, and about what date ? George Bernard Shaw – I always wanted to draw and paint. I had no literary ambition. I aspired to be a Michelangelo, not a Shakespeare. But I could not draw well enough to satisfy myself; and the instruction I could get was worse than useless. So when dry plates and push buttons came into the market I bought a box camera and began pushing the button. It was in 1898.

George Bernard Shaw
Photography, Ambition, Buttons

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