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“With my work I attempt to help man to overcome his alienation; I do this by surrounding his daily life with objects, which confront him in a tactile way with the final and deepest problems of our existence. I want the means that I employ to create the necessary stimulus to be as direct as possible. Instead of giving a sermon on humility, I often prefer to depict humility itself.”

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Antoni Tapies, born on December 13, 1923, was a renowned Spanish painter. His works are known for their unique style and profound reflection on social reality. Tapies' artistic career spanned half a century, with his creations covering various fields such as painting, sculpture, and printmaking. more

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“I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or moral values.”

Ideas Political Values Views Existence Moral Connections Function Aesthetic Moral Values

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“If one draws things in a manner which provides only the barest clue to their meaning, the viewer is forced to fill in the gaps by using his own imagination. He is compelled to participate in the creative act, which I consider very important.”

Ifs Important Imagination Creative Draws Importance Gaps Viewers Clue Compelled

Book:Conversations with Antoni Tàpies: With an Introduction to the Artist's Work

Source: Conversations with Antoni Tàpies: With an Introduction to the Artist's Work

“All my pictures are a kind of revision of my original idea. This is surely very different from the way in which Japanese or Chinese artists work: their themes are pre-ordained, whereas mine are invented at will.”

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“The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies.”

Body Materials Highest

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“Obviously, the intention was not to go back to images traditionally valued as worthy or holy images and shapes, but exactly the opposite; its main purpose had to be, to realise as sacred art anything which so far had been regarded as of little value and pitiful.”

Littles Art Purpose Values Holy Shapes Opposites Sacred Intention Worthy Realising Pitiful Sacred Art

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“I am interested in study, reflection, philosophy - but always as a dilettante. I also consider myself a dilettante as a painter.”

Philosophy Study Reflection Profession Painter Dilettantes

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“I often told the fanatics of realism that there is no such thing as realism in art: it only exists in the mind of the observer. Art is a symbol, a thing conjuring up reality in our mental image. That is why I don't see any contradiction between abstract and figurative art either.”

Mind Art Reality Art Is Symbols Abstract Contradiction Realism Observers Fanatics Conjuring Figurative Art

Author:Antoni Tapies

“When I talk of reality, I am always thinking of essentials. Profundity is not located in some remote, inaccessible region. It is rooted in everyday life.”

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“To achieve contact with reality is not to transport oneself elsewhere, it is not transcendence but thorough immersion in one's surroundings. A reality which is neither purely physical nor metaphysical, but both at once.”

Reality Achieve Oneself Contact Elsewhere Metaphysical Surroundings Transcendence Transport Thorough Immersion

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“In our world, in which religious images are losing their meaning, in which our customs are getting more and more secular, we are losing our sense of the eternal. I think it's a loss that has done a great deal of damage to modern art. Painting is a return to origins.”

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Author:Antoni Tapies