Original artwork, not a still
The Death of the Moth and Other Essays • 1942
The artist after all is a solitary being.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker holds that creative work is, at its core, done alone. Whatever company or attention surrounds a maker, the making itself happens in private, in a mind facing its own material. The remark treats solitude as part of the artist's basic condition rather than a misfortune.
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