15 February 2017

Apologize.

Gifford, A Gorge in the Mountains, 1862


The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. We must always apologize for talking painting. 

Paul Valery

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