“We may be pleased with the description, and the picture: but the soul can feel neither, unless the force of our own imagination aid the poet’s, or the painter’s art; exalt the idea; and picture things unseen.”
Quotes by William Gilpin
William GilpinWilliam Gilpin was an English cleric, artist, and writer, renowned for his contributions to the development of the picturesque movement in landscape painting and literature. Born in 1724, he served as...