Full Idea
A work of art has an author and yet, when it is perfect, it has something which is essentially anonymous about it.
Gist of Idea
Perfect works of art seem to be essentially anonymous
Source
Simone Weil (Gravity and Grace [1942], 'Beauty')
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'Gravity and Grace', ed/tr. Crawford/De Ruhr [Routledge 1952], p.149
A Reaction
It is certainly the case that when you feel a work is perfect, it seems to move into some separate class of existence, as if it were part of nature.