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In the end nobody knows how it's done — how art is made. It can't be explained. Optical devices are just tools. Understanding a tool doesn't explain the magic of creation. Nothing can.

David Hockney
Art, Understanding, Magic
"Hockney and the Secrets of the Old Masters". Interview with Martin Gayford, www.telegraph.co.uk. September 22, 2001.
In the end nobody knows how it's done — how art is made. It can't be explained. Optical devices are just tools. Understanding a tool doesn't explain the magic of creation. Nothing can.