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Single Idea 14835

[from 'Human, All Too Human' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression ]

Full Idea

Artists are by no means people of great passion, but they often pretend to be.

Gist of Idea

Artists are not especially passionate, but they pretend to be

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 211)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.126


A Reaction

Presumably people can gradually become what they consistently pretend to be.