Theodore Roosevelt, An Art Exhibition
"The Cubists are entitled to the serious attention of all who find enjoyment in the colored puzzle pictures of the Sunday newspapers. Of course there is no reason for choosing the cube as a symbol, except that it is probably less fitted than any other mathematical expression for any but the most formal decorative art. There is no reason why people should not call themselves Cubists, or Octagonists, or Parallelopipedonists, or Knights of the Isosceles Triangle, or Brothers of the Cosine, if they so desire; as expressing anything serious and permanent, one term is as fatuous as another."
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"The Cubists are entitled to the serious attention of all who find enjoyment in the colored puzzle pictures of the Sunday newspapers. Of course there is no reason for choosing the cube as a symbol, except that it is probably less fitted than any other mathematical expression for any but the most formal decorative art. There is no reason why people should not call themselves Cubists, or Octagonists, or Parallelopipedonists, or Knights of the Isosceles Triangle, or Brothers of the Cosine, if they so desire; as expressing anything serious and permanent, one term is as fatuous as another."
"يستحق التكعيبيون اهتماماً جاداً من كل من يجد متعة في صور الألغاز الملونة التي تنشرها صحف الأحد. بالطبع، لا مبرر لاختيار المكعب رمزاً، إلا أنه ربما أقل ملاءمة من أي تعبير رياضي آخر إلا في الفن الزخرفي الأكثر رسمية. لا يوجد ما يمنع الناس من تسمية أنفسهم تكعيبيين، أو ثمانيين، أو أتباع متوازي السطوح، أو فرسان المثلث المتساوي الساقين، أو إخوان جيب التمام، إذا رغبوا في ذلك؛ أما كدلالة على أي شيء جاد ودائم، فإن مصطلحاً منها لا يقل سخفاً عن الآخر."
Theodore Roosevelt, An Art Exhibition
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