“It should be said that such an art would be neither more false nor more true than classical art.”
Jean Metzinger (1883–1956) French painter
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“Any representation of a god is ultimately a lie, Silk explained. It may be a convenient lie, and it may even be a reverent one; but it's ultimately false. … Neither image would be more nearly true than the other, or more true than any other—merely more appropriate.”
Volume 1, Ch. 11
Fiction, The Book of the Long Sun (1993–1996)
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