An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination. (Eduard Hanslick)

An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination.

Eduard Hanslick

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