William H. Hunt

William H. Hunt Quotes

United States, Minister
June 12, 1823 – February, 27, 1884.

William Henry Hunt was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President James Garfield and briefly under President Chester A. Arthur.

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I agree that Ruskin has done much harm to counter balance much good in giving people the trick of talking about Art instead of really doing a little of it to enable them to understand.

William H. Hunt
- Art
- Doing
- Harm
When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon for heavenly teaching, and familiar images, chosen from the known, were made to mirror the unknown spiritual truth.

William H. Hunt
- Language
- Made
- Symbols

There is no more reason why the features belonging to a picture should be distorted for the purpose of such imaginative suggestion than that the poet's metaphors should spoil his words for the ordinary uses of man.

William H. Hunt