The Archive · 1925

His Flesh Liker and his Soul More Like

"You ask.me whether I try to, express the spirit or the, flesh? It's 'Naturally I choose a pose which shows him at his best, a characteristic attitude, but not necessarily habitual one.' I like to have my {sitters talk when T am working on their portraits because it makes their expressions more natural, "Have I given up my children's but while that.was once my dominant interest now I feel as much eagerness to} express adult personality. A chil charm is its immaturity, its promise.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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