Burne-Jones and the “beautiful, romantic dream of something that never was, never will be”

Here’s my birthday gift to painter Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898). I present here a quote widely attributed to Burne-Jones without having been able to trace it back to its original source. This quote is said to come from a letter that Burne-Jones wrote to a friend describing a painting. “I mean by a picture a beautiful, romantic dream of something that never was, never will be — in a light better than any light that ever shone — in a land no one can define or remember, only desire,” Burne-Jones is often said to have written. Isn’t that lovely? Consider it again..“…a beautiful, romantic dream of something that never was, never will be — in a light better than any light that ever shone — in a land no one can define or remember, only desire.” I admire Burne-Jones, even though I lack his ability to embrace the imaginary and let go of the search for facts. <a href="https://dooleyyoung.medium.com/burne-jones-and-the-beautiful-romantic-dream-of-something-that-never-was-never-will-be-3e7591fd8cc3">Read More</a>