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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Quotes

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.

Source:(James Munroe and Co., ed. 1849), Page 345
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Henry David Thoreau (A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Quotes)
  • Book: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
  • Writer: Henry David Thoreau
  • Genre: Philosophy, Travel
  • Published: 1849
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