A Single Masterpiece Can Teach Us
More Than Any Number of Mediocre Products
「The nineteenth century, pregnant with the theory of evolution, has moreover created in us the habit of losing sight of the individual in the species.A collector is anxious to acquire specimens to illustrate a period or a school and forgets that a single masterpiece can teach us more than any number of the mediocre products of a given period or school.
We classify too much and enjoy too little.
The sacrifice of the aesthetic to the so-called scientific method of exhibition has been the bane of many museums. 」(From the Book of Tea, pp.86-87, Charles E. tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo, Japan)
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