A Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

W. Somerset Maugham

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W. Somerset Maugham
British - Novelist
January 25, 1874 - December 16, 1965

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Peter Medawar

Being in the pulpit, was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion worked.

James Baldwin

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John Nelson Darby

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

Samantha Mumba

The more perfect our means of direct experience, the more easily we are caught by the dangerous illusion that perceiving is tantamount to knowing and understanding.

Rudolf Arnheim

When citizens believe that the elite care more about those across the ocean than those across the train tracks, insurance has broken down, we divide into factions, and those who are left behind become angry and disillusioned with a politics that no longer serves them.

Angus Deaton

The irony is that musical artists have enormous public voices, but behind the scenes we're voiceless, actually.

Sinead O'Connor

When someone says 'I'm so disillusioned', I say 'Congratulations! You've lost another illusion.'

Parker J. Palmer

There is no more dangerous illusion than the fancies by which people try to avoid illusion.

Francois Fenelon

I think some people have a vague idea, but the general public has no clue what the actual behind-the-scenes of filmmaking is and what this profession is.

Freddie Wong

I'd get into a room and disappear into the woodwork. Now the rooms are so crowded with reporters getting behind-the-scenes stories that nobody can get behind-the-scenes stories.