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It is an intimately communicative affair between the painter and his painting, a conversation back and forth, the painting telling the painter even as it receives its shape and form.

It is an intimately communicative affair between the painter and his painting, a conversation back and forth, the painting telling the painter even as it receives its shape and form.

Ben Shahn
Shapes, Painting, Affair
Ben Shahn (1957). “The Shape of Content”, p.49, Harvard University Press

If one has set for himself the position that his painting shall not misconstrue his personal mode of thinking, then he must be rather alert to just what he does think.

Ben Shahn
Thinking, Doe, Painting
Ben Shahn (1957). “The Shape of Content”, p.38, Harvard University Press

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