Horace Quote

Poetry is like painting: one piece takes your fancy if you stand close to it, another if you keep at some distance.


Horace on the Art of Poetry (ed. 1928)


Poetry is like painting: one piece takes your fancy if you stand close to it, another if you keep at some distance.

Poetry is like painting: one piece takes your fancy if you stand close to it, another if you keep at some distance.

Poetry is like painting: one piece takes your fancy if you stand close to it, another if you keep at some distance.

Poetry is like painting: one piece takes your fancy if you stand close to it, another if you keep at some distance.