From The Complete Perfectionist: A Poetics of Work, by Juan Ramón JiménezPRODIGAL
"It is useless to be prodigal with words. They only acquire their true meaning when they are well applied. To call someone mediocre 'illustrious' is like calling a thistle 'soft' or a star 'black.' The ideas don't cohere, the concepts don't come together."
From Writing
Translated by Christopher Maurer
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