“.. because in this way the form will be perfect and not reduced, which is the worst thing that can happen to a figure.”

—  El Greco

Quote of El Greco, 1582-84; as cited by Marina Lambraki-Plaka, in El Greco, p. 57-59; as quoted in Wikipedia/El Greco: 'Technique and Style'
on making his painting 'The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception' https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/El_Greco_-_The_Virgin_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_-_WGA10585.jpg El Greco asked permission to lengthen the altarpiece itself by another 1.5 feet (0.46 m) - the human body became even more otherworldly in his later works

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