Quote#Art
Among the arts of expression one is suited to this purpose, another…
Quote byL. P. Jacks · 1860–1955
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Usurpation Of Language (1910).
English (original)
Among the arts of expression one is suited to this purpose, another to that. It is hard to express movement in stone or rest in music. It is harder still to express permanence in speech.
— L. P. Jacks
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