Art imitates nature not in its effects as such, but in its causes, in its ‘manner,' in its process, which are nothing but a participation in and a derivation of actual objects, of the Art of God himself. (Paul Claudel)

Art imitates nature not in its effects as such, but in its causes, in its ‘manner,' in its process, which are nothing but a participation in and a derivation of actual objects, of the Art of God himself.

Paul Claudel

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