Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.
Source: Letters and Social Aims, Inspiration, 1876.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (May 25 1803-1882), US philosopher, poet, essayist; He was the main spokesman of his time for moral optimism and belief in the individual: Self-Reliance, 1844.