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A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name. - Arthur Schopenhauer (The Art of Literature Quotes)

A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name.[Das Talent arbeitet um Geld und Ruhm: hingegen ist die Triebfeder, welche das Genie zur Ausarbeitung seiner Werke bewegt, nicht so leicht anzugeben.]

Source:(Swan Sonnenschein & Co., ed. 1900), Chapter IX. On Genius, Page 147
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Arthur Schopenhauer (The Art of Literature Quotes)
  • Book: The Art of Literature
  • Writer: Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Genre: Philosophy, Essays
  • Published: 1851
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