The circle, and
Of pairs, or a symmetrical arrangement of ornament, or of columns, or openings.
We have also found a crude satisfaction in the use of strong, glaring colors.
We have delighted to copy and to tell a common story in a common way in our decorations.
I believe this is wholly wrong. The Japanese artist never uses the square, or the circle, or the pair.
Nor does he use crude and glaring colors; always the most subtile and fascinating shades and vanishing tints.
He suggests the story; he never tells it as Watteau did.
