The Republic - pg. 281

"Therefore, imitation is surely far from the truth; and, as
it seems, it is due to this that it produces everything - because
it lays hold of a certain small part of each thing, and that
part is itself only phantom. For example, the painter, we
say, will paint for us a shoemaker, a carpenter, and the
other craftsmen, although he doesn't understand the arts
of any one of them. But, nevertheless, if he is a good pointer,
by painting a carpenter and displaying him from far off, he
would deceive children and foolish human beings into
thinking that it is truly a carpenter."