"..superficial expression of velocity, the aeroplane, the racing-car and so on, is but a weak expression of the inner velocity of thought compared to which the velocity of radium represents nothing but inertia.. .The mimetic expression of velocity is diametrically opposed to the character of painting, the supreme origin of which is to be found in inner life."
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