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“give at least so much time to manual practice as may enable them to understand the nature and difficulty of executive skill.”
- Date
- 1870
Meaning of “give at least so much time to manual…”
Hands-on practice is presented as necessary for understanding what skilled artistic execution actually costs, rather than judging craft only from the finished result.
Where does it come from?
Lectures on Art, inaugural lecture, Project Gutenberg #19164. The excerpt addresses Oxford students beginning practical art study.
