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“Describing beauty is almost impossible because we perceive it, rather than describe it. If you look at a Rembrandt painting and start to try and describe what the beauty is you see, your words sound absolutely pathetic.”

Ifs Trying Looks Sound Impossible Painting Perceive Pathetic Describing

Author:John Lennox

“The elements of a good story are most definitely details, little bitty details. That does it, especially when you're describing, when you're setting the scene and everything. It's like you're painting a picture, so details are very important. Also, the music gotta be right. The music can really set the tone for the story and let you know what the story is gonna be about, but definitely, it's the vibe in the place where you at and the detail.”

Knows Littles Doe Important Stories Painting Like You Scene Elements Details Setting Settings Tone Describing Good Story Painting A Picture

Author:Big Boi

“Writing is not describing, painting is not depicting. Verisimilitude is merely an illusion.”

Writing Painting Illusion Describing

Book:Illustrated notebooks, 1917-1955

Source: Illustrated notebooks, 1917-1955

“Creation rather than painting, or if painting, yet such, and with such co-presence of the whole picture flash'd at once upon the eye, as the sun paints in a camera obscura. (Describing his poetic ideal, 1817)”

Ifs Whole Eye Sun Creation Painting Ideals Cameras Paint Poetic Flash Describing Whole Picture Camera Obscura

Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge