The Latin proverb chosen by Miralda (Terrassa, 1942) as the title for the past retrospective proposes a reflection upon the richness of a unique and pioneering body of work that takes us - with an at times caustic sense of humour - from the modest object to the grandiose celebration, from the private space to the public arena, from the intimate to the monumental, and from the local to the universal. Anchored in a social and political context, like a field study verging on ethnology, his work is both witness and tool in the breakdown of prejudice and pre-conceived ideas about form. One of the first artists to spurn the spatial constraints of studios and museums, Miralda stages his activities out on the street and in other places outside regular art circuits. The works exhibited in this book should be seen as landmarks on a journey which explores the most complex and fundamental issues of our society, codifying them in a singular iconography - sometimes on a colossal scale - in search of a vibrant and engaging language based on a celebration of the senses, colour, life and the imagination.