How much a fine picture seems to say. It knows the whole world.

How much a fine picture seems to say. It knows the whole world. How good an office it performs. What authentic messengers are these of a wise Soul, which thus stamped its thought, & sends it out distinct, undecayed, unadulterated, to me, at the end of centuries, & at the ends of the earth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks 7:47

Posted in: Journals on January 4, 2013 | 1 Comment »
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  1. On January 5, 2013 at 4:56 am Jim Foster Said:

    Within 24 hours I know if the art stands on it’s own.

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