W. J. T. Mitchell - Distinction between species and specimen is very much like the distinction

Distinction between species and specimen is very much like the distinction between images and actual pictures, or, you know, objects that have a definite material identity. The classifications, the categories, the stereotypes, and the images are on one side, and the material pictures, statues, texts, and so forth are on the other.

- W. J. T. Mitchell

topic: Identity, Sides, Stereotype