I ape therefore I am. On Sat, Jan 9, 2016, 06:56 Edward <edw...@edwardpicot.com> wrote:
> The artist is an ape. In front of his nose, and his thoughtful > aspect, his actions are mere aping. Method is mere aping. > Externally those who strive to follow method produce an art that > is still-born. I will sit holding a book, a work of the past at > best. It is impossible for me to resemble a monkey completely, or > to resemble a human being completely; I turn over the pages with > the emotions of a child. It follows that in each period I live and > feel, as did the Greeks. In my own period there can never be many > cases of Greek methods. The mother of methods achieves only > sculpture. In the same way repeated efforts to revive > art-principles remain soulless. For all time. Such culture > produces an art of . Culture produces an art of . > > -- > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- P Thayer, Artist http://pallthayer.dyndns.org
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