I Do Believe That Painting

Cubism Was An Attack On The Perspective That Had Been Known And Used For 500 Years. It Was The First Big, Big Change. It Confused People: They Said, 'things Don't Look Like That!'

Perspective Is A Law Of Optics... The Chinese Did Not Have A System Like It. Indeed, It Is Said They Rejected The Idea Of The Vanishing Point In The Eleventh Century, Because It Meant The Viewer Was Not There, Indeed, Had No Movement, Therefore Was Not Alive.

It Takes A Long Time To Make It Simple.

You Would Think Death Was An Optional Extra Nowadays. Nobody Wants To Tick That Box.

Photographs Aren't Accounts Of Scrutiny. The Shutter Is Open For A Fraction Of A Second.