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Checks & Balances

2017-02-16 · 858 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

Checks & Balances — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. "Is the world created or uncreated? That is the first question." – Plato, Timaeus (c. 350 BC). "I often told the fanatic
Checks & Balances — pen and ink drawing

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"Is the world created or uncreated? That is the first question." – Plato, Timaeus (c. 350 BC).

"I often told the fanatics of realism that there is no such thing as realism in art: it only exists in the mind of the observer. Art is a symbol, a thing conjuring up reality in our mental image. That is why I don't see any contradiction between abstract and figurative art either." – Antoni Tàpies

"Not long ago, if you wanted to seize political power in a country you had merely to control the army and the police. Today it is only in the most backward countries that fascist generals, in carrying out a coup d'état, still use tanks. If a country has reached a high degree of industrialization the whole…

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