eloquence

is discovering with delight the expressive resources of the means at hand.

discovering with delight the expressive resources of the means at hand.

is memorable speech, be it in a phrase of music, a line in a painting, a curve in the work of architecture or sculpture, or a shot in golf or tennis.

eloquence in a phrase of music, a line in a painting, a curve in the work of architecture or sculpture, a shot in golf or tennis.

is not our bond but boundlessly self-regarding.

not our bond but boundlessly self-regarding. Eloquence does not represent the real, it replaces it with its own voice, complacently narcissist.

is self-delighting, a mark of invention rather than of communication, an intrinsic achievement rather than a device for getting something done.

a mark of invention rather than of communication, an intrinsic achievement rather than a device for getting something done.

Donoghue