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THE ORIGIN OF ART: The discrepancy between physical fact and psychic effect.
THE CONTENT OF ART: Visual information of our reaction to life. THE MEASURE OF ART: The ratio of effort to effect.
THE AIM OF ART: Revelation and evocation of vision.

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The concern of the artist is with the discrepancy between physical fact and psychological effect.

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In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is — as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.

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