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The Eye of Picasso

Formerly the eyes had been dissected, distorted, masked, hollowed out, uncovered so as to show their unfathomable depths or covered by the architectural facets of the head, but now this new freedom opened up new situations in which the eyes could become interchangeable with other features. An eye could become a mouth — a devouring eye with aggressive teeth instead of soft protective lashes. It could change place with a nostril and live on air instead of light, or become an ear listening to the vibrations of colour.

Roland Penrose, The Eye of Picasso

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