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Edgar Allan Poe

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name

Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe suggests that true art is not just copying what we see in nature, but expressing it through our inner feelings and personal perspective. Simply making an exact copy of nature does not make something genuine art because it lacks the deeper emotional or spiritual interpretation.

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