达利用平常的办法画新奇的东西，毕加索把平常的东西用新奇的办法画。这里面有个规律，就是画家用什么引起观者的兴趣，用什么来和观众沟通。用新奇表现平常，是用形式来吸引，用内容来沟通；相反是用内容来吸引，用形式来沟通。如果形式和内容都奇得要命，看便无所立足；如果都平常，看了如同没看。这大概就是吴冠中先生说的风筝线吧。新奇和平常到什么程度，又因人而异，不同的民族、时代、性别、文化、年龄、家庭、经历……千变万化……看者亦然。
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TheNewandOrdinaryDaliusedordinarymethodstopaintnewthings,whilePicassopaintedordinarythingswithnewmethods.Thearrangementhereisdefinedbywhattheartistusestoarousetheviewer'sinterestandwhattheyusetocommunicatewiththeiraudience.Byusingthenewtoexpresstheordinary,attentionisdrawnthroughtheformandcommunicationisthroughthecontent;viceversaisusingthecontenttoattractandtheformtocommunicate. Iftheformandcontentarequitebizarrethenwhatisbeingseenisincomprehensible;ifit'sseenallthetime,there'snopointinlookingatall. ThismightwellbethekitestringthatWuGuan-Zhongoncementioned.Hownewandordinaryalsovariesfrompersontoperson. Differentraces,periods,genders,cultures,ages,familybackgrounds,experiences……thereareaninfiniteamountofvariationsandjustasmanyindividualviewers.