Getting close to Plato... "Then the imitator, I said, is a long way off the truth, and can do all things because he lightly touches on a small part of them, an

Getting close to Plato... "Then the imitator, I said, is a long way off the truth, and can do all things because he lightly touches on a small part of them, and that part an image. For example: A painter will paint a cobbler, carpenter, or any other artist, though he knows nothing of their arts; and, if he is a good artist, he may deceive children or simple persons, when he shows them his picture of a carpenter from a distance, and they will fancy that they are looking at a real carpenter." "The imitator or maker of the image knows nothing of true existence; he knows appearances only."