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Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or stat

Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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