Gold/production

Famous quotes containing the words gold and/or production:

“As in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthy rubbish has first to be troublesomely handled and thrown out; so, in digging in one’s soul for the fine gold of genius, much dullness and common-place is first brought to light.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)