“Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?”
– Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish, painter, sculptor, printmaker (portrait of Francoise Gilot)
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2014 Your FAVORITE Quotes, Drawing, painter, painting, sculptor, Spanish
#12 “Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or…”
The mind’s eye! 😉 Which is behind the photographer, mirror and painter!
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Excellent!
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Thanks! 🙂
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good question – I find myself hoping it’s not the mirror 🙂
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LOL! I found this quote most interesting. I suppose at the time Picasso said this, probably in the 40s or 50s the popular sentiment would have said the photographer. But then one could always argue that a painter can capture the ‘essence’ of a person, not just their likeness. As for the mirror, well, its backwards right? 🙂 But today I wander what most people would answer?
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I’m with whitefeatherfloating!
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🙂 That was a great answer!
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We each see something different…in everything. Based on what we want to see, what we are looking for, what we expect and what our experiences have been. There is no correct way…only ways. At least that’s what I think:)
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I love it!
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