"We are all heirs to the loveliness of the visible world; but only by process of art can we be inducted into possession of this large estate. Some authentic poet or artist has to intervene and give the property its rights and empower it to attain perfection in our sight."
— Art

January 1, 1970

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C. E. Montague, A Writer's Notes on his Trade (1930), quoted in Daiches, David, A Century of the Essay, Harcourt Brace, 1951; also quoted in Murphy, Edward F., Webster's Treasury of Relevant Quotations, Greenwich House, New York, 1983 (pg. 54).