Thursday, December 29, 2016

There are Abortions in Art, as Well as in Nature...

by Steve Reiss (stevenreiss@scienbizippc.com

 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE USEFUL ARTS, AND MIRROR OF THE PATENT OFFICE, V. 1, No. 1 (1828), p. 15.
The multitude of useless structures found in the office, do not lessen its value as a whole. For men of science know full well, that there are abortions in art, as well as in nature; since it is not every effort of the one, or of the other, that is ultimately to succeed: and moreover, that the genuine operations of both, are not unfrequently aided by these abortions.

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