“Having led a vicious but not unpleasant life for a vast number of years I am conscious that there are difficulties which even the best brought-up young men cannot always avoid and being as you know a hardened cynic I have a great tolerance for the follies of the human race.”
W. Somerset Maugham, letter to Robin Maugham (his nephew), June 5, 1934
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
