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4. “The poet, being an imitator like a painter or any other artist, must of necessity imitate one of three objects - things as they were or are, things as they are said or thought to be, or things as they ought to be. The vehicle of expression is language - either current terms or, it may be, rare words or metaphors.”
Aristotle
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5. “The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.” Aristotle Metaphorical Genius, Intuitive Perception, Creative Language, Artistic Thought, Literary Brilliance
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4. “The poet, being an imitator like a painter or any other artist, must of necessity imitate one of three objects - things as they were or are, things as they are said or thought to be, or things as they ought to be. The vehicle of expression is language - either current terms or, it may be, rare words or metaphors.”
Aristotle Poetry Art, Artistic Imitation, Poetic Expression, Creative Language, Artistic Truth
5. “The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.”
Aristotle Metaphorical Genius, Intuitive Perception, Creative Language, Artistic Thought, Literary Brilliance
