Original artwork, not a still
But perhaps the great work of art has less importance in itself than in the ordeal it demands of a man and the opportunity it provides him of overcoming his phantoms and approaching a little closer to his naked reality.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker suggests that a masterpiece may matter less than what making it demands of the artist. The struggle lets the creator confront inner fears and illusions, moving closer to their unadorned truth. The work is valuable partly as a trial of self-knowledge.
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