William H. Hunt
William H. Hunt
William Henry Huntwas the United States Secretary of the Navy under President James Garfield and briefly under President Chester A. Arthur...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth12 June 1823
CountryUnited States of America
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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.
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I agree that Ruskin has done much harm to counter balance much good in giving people the trick of talking about Art instead of really doing a little of it to enable them to understand.