6 Quotes by Plutarch about art
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It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in it's place is a work extremely troublesome.
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A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale and seeing what a little body it had, "surely," quoth he, "thou art all voice and nothing else.
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It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
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Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.
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