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... artist's imagination . The solutions the artist chooses depends on such factors as who he is , what he wishes to say , in terms of what medium he is thinking . Van Gogh seizes upon the converging furrows of a field to obtain an intense ...
... artist's imagination . The solutions the artist chooses depends on such factors as who he is , what he wishes to say , in terms of what medium he is thinking . Van Gogh seizes upon the converging furrows of a field to obtain an intense ...
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... artist . Does the artist experience world and life differently from the ordinary man ? There is no good reason to think so . He must be deeply concerned with — and impressed by — these experi- ences . He also must have the wisdom of ...
... artist . Does the artist experience world and life differently from the ordinary man ? There is no good reason to think so . He must be deeply concerned with — and impressed by — these experi- ences . He also must have the wisdom of ...
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... artist is not always an artist . Matisse was once asked whether a tomato looked to him when he ate it as it did when he painted it . “ No , ” he replied , " when I eat it I see it like everybody else . " The ability to capture the ...
... artist is not always an artist . Matisse was once asked whether a tomato looked to him when he ate it as it did when he painted it . “ No , ” he replied , " when I eat it I see it like everybody else . " The ability to capture the ...
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