If we are inclined to forget how much there is in the world besides that which we anticipate, then works of art are perhaps a little to blame, for in them we find at work the same process of simplification or selection as in the imagination.


The Art of Travel (ed. Penguin UK, 2003) - ISBN: 9780141930268

Alain de Botton Quotes

If we are inclined to forget how much there is in the world besides that which we anticipate, then works of art are perhaps a little to blame, for in ...

If we are inclined to forget how much there is in the world besides that which we anticipate, then works of art are perhaps a little to blame, for in ...

If we are inclined to forget how much there is in the world besides that which we anticipate, then works of art are perhaps a little to blame, for in ...

If we are inclined to forget how much there is in the world besides that which we anticipate, then works of art are perhaps a little to blame, for in ...