> I was told by my art teacher in high school that they intentionally didn't go for total realism as that was imitating God's work I heard this story as well a

> I was told by my art teacher in high school that they intentionally didn't go for total realism as that was imitating God's work I heard this story as well and always suspected that it was an urban legend. I heard the same story about a Buddhist painter who intentionally added a poor brushstroke to every painting, to reflect that everything is imperfect and changing. Neither story makes sense in the context of Christian belief or Buddhist conviction. A Christian would have to be incredibly arrogant to think they had to take special measures to avoid rivaling the work of God — it would be hard to call such a person Christian. Similarly for the Buddhist. If they believed that everything that can be experienced has a certain characteristic, then it wouldn't be necessary to impose that characteristic on their artwork.