Once, Turner had himself lashed to the mast of a ship for several hours, during a furious storm, so that he could later paint the storm. Obviously, it was not the storm itself that Turner intended to paint. What he intended to paint was a representation of the storm. One's language is frequently imprecise in that manner, I have discovered.
Writing, Language
You can learn more by going to the opera than you ever can by reading Emerson. Like that there are two sexes.
Poetry, Women, Gender
Once, somebody asked Robert Schumann to explain the meaning of a certain piece of music he had just played on the piano. What Robert Schumann did was sit back down at the piano and play the piece of music again.
Music, Meaning
I like Mr. Dickens’ books much better than yours, Papa. Said one of Thackeray’s daughters.
Children
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