> No results found for "une toile exige un mur".

In case anyone else is wondering: The French phrase can be translated literally as "a canvas requires a wall", or less closely, "its boundaries are important for every picture".

(I am not a native French speaker and just piecing this together with a dictionary.)

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wiether 2 hours ago | parent [-]

French guy here: never heard of "une toile exige un mur".

Not a single result in French also.

I know there's a (more popular?) saying that is very similar but can't remember it atm.

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publicdebates an hour ago | parent [-]

Are you sure? I thought it was Renoir or Batut, or Bresson, or perhaps Watteau, who, when asked for his most useful advice to a new artist, famously uttered this short and mysterious phrase. Could have sworn LaBeouf quoted it in an interview after he collaborated with artist Cantor on their magnum opus.

	▲	wiether 13 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It could be a niche quote in an art history book, but it could hardly be qualified as a saying. I asked around since my first comment and not a single person knew about it.