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Art is a reality, not a definition inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it app
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"Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue"

- Benjamin Haydon

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This quote by Benjamin Haydon talks to the concept that art is not something that can be specified by words, however rather something that is experienced and felt. Art is a truth, something that is concrete and can be experienced. It is not something that can be specified by words, as words can only supply a minimal understanding of what art is. Art is something that can be skilled and felt, and as it approaches a truth, it approaches perfection. However, if art is minimized to a simple meaning, it is imperfect and untrue. Art is something that is experienced and felt, and it is something that can not be completely understood through words.
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United Kingdom Flag This quote is written / told by Benjamin Haydon between January 26, 1786 and June 22, 1846. He/she was a famous Artist from United Kingdom. The author also have 6 other quotes.

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