Quote#World
I paused, watching the swallows; for they seemed to me the symbol, in…
Quote byJohn Galsworthy · 1867–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Vague Thoughts On Art (1911).
English (original)
I paused, watching the swallows; for they seemed to me the symbol, in their swift, sure curvetting, all daring and balance and surprise, of the delicate poise and motion of Art, that visits no two men alike, in a world where no two things of all the things there be, are quite the same.
— John Galsworthy
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