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William Hazlitt1778–1830

Those who aim at faultless regularity will only produce mediocrity, and no one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

William Hazlitt on art

“Thoughts on Taste”, Edinburgh Magazine (July 1819), final paragraph

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