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The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings

Book by Edgar Allan Poe · 7 quotes · Men, Perceive, Reproduction

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“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.'”