“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence transform a yellow spot into a sun.”
1950s
Source: Sergei Eisenstein (1957), Film form [and]: The film sense, p. 127.
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