Quote#Poetry
It is generally thought very ridiculous to pretend to write an Heroic…
Quote byBrook Taylor · 1685–1732
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: New Principles of Linear Perspective (1715, 1749).
English (original)
It is generally thought very ridiculous to pretend to write an Heroic Poem, or a fine Discourse upon any Subject, without understanding the Propriety of the Language wrote in; and to me it seems no less ridiculous for one to pretend to make a good Picture without understanding Perspective...
— Brook Taylor
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