As quoted by the Marini Marini Museum: http://www.museomarinomarini.it/section.php?page=fondazione
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We must enter into the spirit of the character [for making a portrait]: here the challenge is to place this figure in the human space, to work out what he represents in relation to other people, other human personalities; when you've worked this out, you're done. this truth has to stand out in the end result of the portrait.. ..when this task is complete, and the subject is placed in the realm of the dead that go on living, I hand over my work.

— Marino Marini

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We must enter into the spirit of the character [for making a portrait]: here the challenge is to place this figure in the human space, to work out what he represents in relation to other people, other human personalities; when you've worked this out, you're done. this truth has to stand out in the end result of the portrait.. ..when this task is complete, and the subject is placed in the realm of the dead that go on living, I hand over my work." in the context of "As quoted by the Marini Marini Museum: http://www.museomarinomarini.it/section.php?page=fondazione" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Marino Marini

About Marino Marini

Marino Marini (27 February 1901 - 6 August 1980) was an Italian sculptor artist, famous for his many sculptures of 'Horse and Rider'.