"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"

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.