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Old 6th May 2011, 07:44
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dascanio
 
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Apelles

BlakMax,

The ancient Roman Pliny connects a number of sayings to the most famous Greek painter Apelles. One of these refers to his practice of exhibiting his works in the front of his shop, then hiding nearby to hear the comments of passers-by. When a cobbler commented on his mistakes in painting a shoe, Apelles made the corrections that very night; the next morning the cobbler noticed the changes, and proud of his effect on the artist's work began to criticize how Apelles portrayed the leg—whereupon Apelles emerged from his hiding-place to state: Ne sutor ultra crepidam -- "Let the shoemaker venture no further."

The connection of this story with this thread is clear: please stick with your microvoids, of which you are a truly expert, and let our mortals to rejoice with such simple things, as a marriage.

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