Pan Tianshou discusses painting: Calligraphy and painting are not a competition of coolies, art is a competition of realms
<p>The basic principle of the layout of a painting is: there must be changes as well as rules, that is, seek changes in the rules and seek unity in the changes.<br />
— — 1961, Lecture on “Problems of Layout of Chinese Paintings”</p>
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<p>The pen cannot be separated from the ink, and there will be no pen without the ink. The ink cannot be separated from the pen, and there will be no ink without the pen. Therefore, only when the pen is there can the ink be there, and only when the ink is there can the pen be there. If the pen and ink are dependent on each other, they will be useful, and if they are separated, they will both be destroyed.</p>
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