William H. Hunt - There is no more reason why the features belonging to a picture should be distorte...

William H. Hunt Zitate

There is no more reason why the features belonging to a picture should be distorted for the purpose of such imaginative suggestion than that the poet's metaphors should spoil his words for the ordinary uses of man.

William H. Hunt

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Es gibt keinen Grund mehr, warum die zu einem Bild gehörenden Merkmale zum Zweck eines solchen imaginativen Vorschlags verzerrt werden sollten, als dass die Metaphern des Dichters seine Worte für den gewöhnlichen Gebrauch des Menschen verderben sollten.

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