4 George Bernard Shaw Quotes on Talent

George Bernard Shaw quotes on talent

13. Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

46. 'The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses thrive and poets and composers starve.'

47. 'There are some men who are considered quite ugly, but who are more remarkable than pretty people. You often see that in artists.'

54. 'Geniuses are horrid, intolerant, easily offended, sleeplessly self-conscious men, who expect their wives to be angels with no further business in life than to pet and worship their husbands. Even at the best they are not comfortable men to live with; and a perfect husband is one who is perfectly comfortable to live with.'