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caricature

is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth.

A nickname may be the best record of a success. That's what I call putting the face of a joke upon the body of a truth. Joseph Conrad

is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

Caricature is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

is best when it can, on a small surface, with the simplest means, most accurately exaggerate, to the highest point, the peculiarities of a human being, at his most characteristic moment in the most beautiful manner.

The most perfect caricature is that which, on a small surface, with the simplest means, most accurately exaggerates, to the highest point, the peculiarities of a human being, at his most characteristic moment in the most beautiful manner.

is often a more faithful picture than a photo.

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caricature