>In paintings, it is known that the viewer can get out more than the painter put in.

There’s something very much “Dabblers and Blowhards” about this statement that I can’t quite put my finger on it. [0]

Try painting, I mean really painting, before spouting nonsense. It wreaks havoc on the rest of your comment.

[0] https://idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm