A work of art has an author, and yet, when it is perfect, there is something essentially anonymous about it. It imitates the anonymity of divine art.
—Simone Weil, The Simone Weil Reader (David McKay, 1977), ed. George Panichas
strains and stains
Having verse set to music is like looking at a painting through a stained-glass window.
—Paul Valéry
—Paul Valéry
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