The only kind of sublimity which a painter or sculptor should aim at is to express by certain proportions and positions of limbs and features that strength and dignity of mind, and vigor and activity of body, which enables men to conceive and execute great actions.


Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke (ed. 1826)

Edmund Burke Quotes

The only kind of sublimity which a painter or sculptor should aim at is to express by certain proportions and positions of limbs and features that...

The only kind of sublimity which a painter or sculptor should aim at is to express by certain proportions and positions of limbs and features that...

The only kind of sublimity which a painter or sculptor should aim at is to express by certain proportions and positions of limbs and features that...

The only kind of sublimity which a painter or sculptor should aim at is to express by certain proportions and positions of limbs and features that...