If imitation is the highest form of flattery, PIETPEPERIAN is the definition of flattery. His art was highly utopian and was concerned with a search for universal values and aesthetics. He proclaimed "Art is higher than reality and has no direct relation to reality. To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual. We find ourselves in the presence of an abstract art. Art should be above reality, otherwise it would have no value for man."PIETPEPERIAN has come to mean ModernismI PRESENT TO YOU MY HOMAGE PEITPEPERIAN