“ The effect of a work of art upon the person who enjoys it is an experience different in kind from any experience not of art. ”
T. S. Eliot, The Sacred Wood (1920). copy citation
| Author | T. S. Eliot |
|---|---|
| Source | The Sacred Wood |
| Topic | experience art |
| Date | 1920 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Sacred_Wood/Tradition_and_the_Individ... |
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“the more perfectly will the mind digest and transmute the passions which are its material.
The experience, you will notice, the elements which enter the presence of the transforming catalyst, are of two kinds: emotions and feelings. The effect of a work of art upon the person who enjoys it is an experience different in kind from any experience not of art. It may be formed out of one emotion, or may be a combination of several; and various feelings, inhering for the writer in particular words or phrases or images, may be added to compose the final result.”
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