The virtue of pride, which was once the beauty of mankind, has given p…

Max Ernst
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The virtue of pride, which was once the beauty of mankind, has given place to that fount of ugliness, Christian humility.
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Before he goes into the water, a diver cannot know what he will bring back. ✨ Max Ernst, Werner Spies, Karin von Maur, Tate Gallery, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (1991). Max Ernst: a retrospective, Preste … ▶
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The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him. ✨ Max Ernst, Werner Spies, Sabine Rewald, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (2005). Max Ernst: A Retrospective, p. … ▶

The virtue of pride, which was once the beauty of mankind, has given place to that fount of ugliness, Christian humility.

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