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The claims of decorative art (1892)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · Boston and New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company · leaf 33

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e and hurry is heavier upon him.Thought is all-powerful, but there is no time to think ; fancyand imagination might play about the humblest accessory, butthere is no time to play ; and all work, or rather uncertainty ofwork, and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But depend upon it,in conditions fair… … FIGURATIVE ART A T the present day, when, speaking generally, all forms ofgraphic art seem to owe their existence to the primary objectof imitation of the more superficial, temporary, and accidentalaspects of nature ; there would seem to be some danger offorgetting that art has properly any other…

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