Who said “The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of…”?

Verified

T. S. Eliot. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourceTradition and the Individual Talent (1919)

Find Tradition and the Individual Talent on Amazon · paid link

Evidence: Wikiquote · How we check

Source checked · Something wrong? Report a correction

Authors A–Z

Cite this quote

For academic work, cite the original where you can: Tradition and the Individual Talent (1919).

APA

Eliot, T. S. (n.d.). The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/7247-the-progress-of-an-artist-is-a-continual/

MLA

Eliot, T. S. “The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/7247-the-progress-of-an-artist-is-a-continual/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Eliot, T. S. “The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/7247-the-progress-of-an-artist-is-a-continual/.

Related quotes

More quotes by T. S. Eliot

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
VerifiedPreface to Transit of Venus: Poems by Harry Crosby (1931) · evidenceDetails & citeRisk
All 64 T. S. Eliot quotes →