“We insist that our concept of perspective is the total antitheses of all static perspective. It is dynamic and chaotic in application, producing in the mind of the observer a veritable mass of plastic emotions.”

— Carlo Carrà

this quote of Carrá attacks one of the core principles of Cubism
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Source: 'Piani plastici come espanzione sferica nello spazio', Carrà, March 1913

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Italian painter 1881–1966

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