# Quote — George Bernard Shaw, Love Among The Artists

> If you leave your art, the world will beat you back to it. The world has not an ambition worth sharing, or a prize worth handling. Corrupt successes, disgraceful failures, or sheeplike vegetation are all it has to offer. I prefer Art, which gives me a sixth sense of beauty, with self-respect: perhaps also an immortal reputation in return for honest endeavour in a labour of love.

- Author: [George Bernard Shaw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw.md)
- Book: [Love Among The Artists](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/love-among-the-artists.md)
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- Topics: [art](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/art.md)
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