Quotation by Paul Klee

Some will not recognize the truthfulness of my mirror. Let them remember that I am not here to reflect the surface ... but must penetrate inside. My mirror probes down to the heart. I write words on the forehead and around the corners of the mouth. My human faces are truer than the real ones.
Paul Klee (1879–1940), Swiss artist. The Diaries of Paul Klee 1898-1918, no. 136, entry, Munich 1901 (1957, trans. 1965).
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