The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible …

Leonardo da Vinci
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The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things. ✨ Irma A. Richter (ed.) 'Selections from the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci' (World's Classics, 1952) p. 198
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The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things. ✨ Irma A. Richter (ed.) 'Selections from the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci' (World's Classics, 1952) p. 198

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