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Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should c

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul. The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist. – Edgar Allan Poe

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Every work of art is an uncommitted crime. – Theodor Adorno

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All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. – John Ruskin

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