George A. Moore
George A. Moore
George Augustus Moorewas an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family who lived at Moore Hall in Carra, County Mayo. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 February 1852
CountryIreland
It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.
home man needs returns travel travels
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
man
Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism.
art artist behind great time
A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
beauty wings and-love
Beauty has wings, and too hastily flies, and love, unrewarded, soon sickens and dies.
summer rose long
'Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them.
honesty pain needs
Honesty needs no pains to set itself off.
cities noble topics
Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern.