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“I always imagined I would have a life very different from the one that was imagined for me, but I understood from a very early time that I would have to revolt in order to make that life. Now I am convinced that in any creativity there exists this element of revolt.”

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Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini, born on August 30, 1907 in Italy and died on January 18, 1996, was a renowned painter. Her works are known for their unique style and symbolic themes, which have had a profound impact on the development of surrealism. more

“Since the journey is a metaphor - the most ambiguous and seductive of metaphors, we tell ourselves - it can also be born of immobility. There is no need to drag our bodies around so much, all dressed up. It's hot, there are flies, diseases. It is enough to close our eyes, seated on a chair in the shade, to float on the waves of imagination. Isn't that what books are there for?”

Needs Book Enough Body Eye Born Imagination Journey Disease Hot Metaphor Wave Chairs Shade Drag Floats Seductive Ambiguous Dressed Up

Book:The Silent Duchess

Source: The Silent Duchess

“The eye is complicated. It mixes the colors [it sees] for you ... The painter must unmix them and lay them on again shade by shade, and then the eye of the beholder takes over and mixes them again.”

Art Eye Color Lays Complicated Painter Shade Beholder Eye Of The Beholder

Book:I, Juan de Pareja

Source: I, Juan de Pareja

“When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.”

Way May Done Results Mass Critical Symbols Manipulation Imperatives Things Done

Author:John Grierson

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