Show gymnastics of the eye 1 I too see that painting and sculpture are gymnastics of the eye its training to the niceties and c curiosities lar losi of its function there Is no statue like this living man with hla his infinite advantage over all ideal sculpture of perpetual variety what a gallery of art have I 1 here no mannerist mado made these varied groups and diverse original single figures here Is the artist himself improvising grim and glad at his block bloch now one thought strikes him now another and with each moment he alters the whole air attitude and expression of hla his clay away with your our nonsense of oil and easels eadels of marble and chisels except to open your eyes to the witchcraft of eternal art they are hypocritical rub bish ralph waldo emerson |