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Cyril Connolly on Success

1903–1974 England

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It is after creation, in the elation of success, or the gloom of failure, that love becomes essential.

Enemies of Promise (1938)

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

The Unquiet Grave (1944)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Cyril Connolly (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.