Therefore through the allegory a conception has always to be signified, and consequently the mind of the beholder has to be drawn away from the expressed perceptible idea to one which is entirely different, abstract and not perceptible, and which lies quite outside the work of art.
Alegoriaren bitartez, beraz, beti kontzeptu bat izendatu behar da eta ondorioz behatzailearen espiritua aurkezturiko errepresentazio begiesgarritik zeharo abstraktua, ez-begiesgarria den beste batera gidatu behar da, zeina erabat arte-obraz kanpo baitago: