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    Edgar Allan Poe about Art

    Were I called on to define very briefly the term Art I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation however accurate of what is in Nature entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'

    called define briefly should reproduction senses perceive nature through imitation however accurate nature entitles sacred artist
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