Magritte accepts and uses a certain language of painting. This language is over 500 years old and
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“Because a sculptor makes a man, like God makes a man.”
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Age need not destroy beauty. There are people who grow more beautiful as they grow older.
Continue reading “Age & Beauty”Vincent, the Boy
Vincent was the eldest of six children of a Protestant pastor who was born and reared in a small
Continue reading “Vincent, the Boy”Adoration of the Maji
“See Mary’s robe? You can see in the draped fabric the folds where it has been stored in a chest.
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What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture.
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One of the great difficulties of an art student is to decide between his own natural impressions and
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The dimensions of the background are a very great importance The space on either side of the
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I really enjoyed this book because Nancy Hale talks about both her artist parents as
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