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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.

Source: Correspondence and Table Talk, vol. 2, Table Talk (ed. by Frederic Wordsworth Haydon, 1876).
-- Benjamin Haydon, (Jan 26 1786-1846), US painter, writer; A painter in the Grand Manner expounded by Reynolds, Haydon was also a popular teacher, writer, and lecturer.

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