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“The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies.”
Meaning & context
Mademoiselle Reisz defines artistic vocation as requiring courage to risk judgment, convention and difficulty rather than talent alone.
Source details
The Awakening, Project Gutenberg #160. Mademoiselle Reisz first explains that an artist needs “the courageous soul,” later repeating the fuller wording as Edna’s story reaches its end; it is character dialogue within a novel, not a universal test of artistic legitimacy.