“It is from.... Renaissance that individualism in painting dates; and I do not believe there is any use in looking in this direction if we desire to bring into being a fresh mural art, one that shall be at once popular, collective and contemporary.”

—  Fernand Léger

Quote from The New Realism goes on, F. Léger, Art Front, February 1937 pp. 7-8
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