Every completed work of art is merely a ghost of its possibilities

Evidence

Every picture painted, every opera composed, every book that is written, is the ghost of the possibilities that were in the artist’s head. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1227

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Creative work holds more life than its forms can contain — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 853

Broader Connections

• Creative work holds more life than its forms can contain #corroborates (0.85) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 853