It is the single image, as used in a photograph or a painting - or the frame of a film - to which words have been added to enlarge the context. The method is not the same as that by which most paintings are named. It is closer in its performance to what dialogue does to a movie, to what the caption does to a good poster.
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"It is the single image, as used in a photograph or a painting - or the frame of a film - to which words have been added to enlarge the context. The method is not the same as that by which most paintings are named. It is closer in its performance to what dialogue does to a movie, to what the caption does to a good poster." — Muriel Rukeyser #creativityarts
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It is the single image, as used in a photograph or a painting - or the frame of a film - to which words have been added to enlarge the context. The method is not the same as that by which most paintings are named. It is closer in its performance to what dialogue does to a movie, to what the caption does to a good poster. — Muriel Rukeyser
About Muriel Rukeyser
Muriel Rukeyser was a Poet from United States (1913–1980).
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This quote is attributed to Muriel Rukeyser, a Poet from United States.
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Muriel Rukeyser lived from 1913 – 1980.
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