But what is primitive man's idea in such attempts?
He wants to record by a line the contour of the object, the likeness of which he wishes to preserve.

This contour and this line do not exist in nature.
The whole philosophy of art is in that crude drawing.

It bases itself on nature even while making something quite different in response to a special, inexplicable need of the human spirit.

Accordingly nothing can be more chimerical or vain than the advice so often given to the artist to be truthful.

Art can never be true, even though it should not be false.