• As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture.

  Edmond de Goncourt
  French writer and critic 1822-1896
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. impression
2. picture
3. moral

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As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture. by : Edmond de Goncourt

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