Re: a 12th century conlang
From: | charles <catty@...> |
Date: | Thursday, March 25, 1999, 18:15 |
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Irina Rempt wrote:
> There are people who say exactly that. I wish I could find it, but I
> once read an article condemning all representative art because it was
> an insult to the subject: it could never be quite as good as God's
> work.
Kandinsky (sp?) was one of the founders of abstract painting;
supposedly, one day while taking his customary walk,
he stopped and apologized to Nature for imitating it,
and promised not to so so again. Hmm ...
http://www.sai.msu.su/wm/paint/auth/kandinsky/sea-battle/