“Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the imagination, and it follows that all arts are likely to affect the feelings indirectly.”
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An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination.
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
People know that they're going to see something which is entertaining but challenging as well because of the form it's in. It's dance theatre and it requires you to use your imagination - it's not straight forward.
