He would not admit that a good painting could be made without a model.
Baroque painter
Reported by Giovanni Pietro Bellori in 'Le Vite de' Pittori, Scultori et Architetti Moderni' (describing Caravaggio's artistic philosophy)
c. 1672
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Strange & Unusual"I do not care for beauty, but for truth."
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