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The Role Of The Painter . . . Is To Project That Which Sees Itself In Him.

Who Made Art History? Not The Most Reasonable People. The Mad Men Did. If Painting Is The Mirror Of A Time, It Must Be Mad To Have A True Image Of What That Time Is. To One Madness We Oppose Another Madness.

The Virtue Of Pride, Which Was Once The Beauty Of Mankind, Has Given Place To That Fount Of Ugliness, Christian Humility.

I Have Never Seen A Beautiful Painting Of A Beautiful Woman. But You Can Take An Ugly Woman And Make A Beautiful Painting Of Her. It Is The Painting Itself That Should Be Beautiful.

When The Artist Finds Himself He Is Lost. The Fact That He Has Succeeded In Never Finding Himself Is Regarded By Max Ernst As His Only Lasting Achievement.