More quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

"Impropriety is the soul of wit."
"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
"The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind."
"The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill."
"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul."