The artist lets us see into the world through his eyes. That he has these eyes, that he knows the inner nature of things apart from all their relations, is the gift of genius, is inborn; but that he is able to lend us this gift, to let us see with his eyes, is acquired, and is the technical side of art.
Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Idea, Book Three
Matthew Frye-Castillo 