There is no such thing as a dumb poet or a handless painter. The essence of an artist is that he should be articulate.
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1875). “Essays and Studies”, p.152, Chatto & Windus
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There is no such thing as a dumb poet or a handless painter. The essence of an artist is that he should be articulate.