For art is only perfect when it looks like nature and Nature succeeds only when she conceals latent art.

τότε γὰρ ἡ τέχνη τέλειος ἡνίκ᾿ ἂν φύσις εἶναι δοκῇ, ἡ δ᾿ αὖ φύσις ἐπιτυχὴς ὅταν λανθάνουσαν περιέχῃ τὴν τέχνην.

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