Let us take the hammer to theories and poetic systems.

Let us throw down the old plastering that conceals the facade of art.

There are neither rules nor models; or, rather, there are no other rules than the general laws of nature, which soar above the whole field of art, and the special rules which result from the conditions appropriate to the subject of each composition.

The former are of the essence, eternal, and do not change; the latter are variable, external, and are used but once.

The former are the framework that supports the house; the latter the scaffolding which is used in building it, and which is made anew for each building.