In effect, painting is the still memory of [the artist's] human motion, and our individual responses to it depend on who we are, on our character, which underlines the simple truth that no person leaves himself behind in order to look at a painting.
Siri Hustvedt (2006). “Mysteries of the Rectangle: Essays on Painting”, p.19, Princeton Architectural Press
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