David Markson: "Suatu kali, Turner sendiri telah menghantam tiang kapa...

"Suatu kali, Turner sendiri telah menghantam tiang kapal selama beberapa jam, saat badai yang hebat, sehingga ia bisa mengecat badai itu nanti. Jelas, bukan badai itu sendiri yang ingin dilukis Turner. Apa yang dia ingin lukis adalah representasi dari badai. Bahasa seseorang sering tidak tepat dengan cara itu, saya temukan."

--- David Markson

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

Once, Turner had himself lashed to the mast of a ship for several hours, during a furious storm, so that he could later paint the storm. Obviously, it was not the storm itself that Turner intended to paint. What he intended to paint was a representation of the storm. One's language is frequently imprecise in that manner, I have discovered.