“Although the poet has as wide a choice of subjects as the painter, his creations fail to afford as much satisfaction to mankind as do paintings... if the poet serves the understanding by way of the ear, the painter does so by the eye, which is the nobler sense.” IfsWayDoeEyeChoicesUnderstandingFailingSubjectsMankindCreationPaintingPoetEarsSatisfactionWidePainter Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“A farce is that in poetry which grotesque (caricature) is in painting. The persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false, that is, inconsistent with the characters of mankind; and grotesque painting is the just resemblance of this.” PersonsCharacterActionMankindPaintingMannersUnnaturalInconsistentResemblanceGrotesqueCaricaturesFarce Author:John Dryden
“If you study the history of mankind, it seems to be a history of violence. Certainly the history of art, whether you look at paintings or movies or plays or whatever, is just a litany of murder and death.” IfsLooksArtPlaySeemsStudyViolenceMankindPaintingMurder Author:Ethan Hawke