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“My picture-poems are linguistic margins on visual atolls.”

Quote by Gunter Brus

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Gunter Brus is a German artist born on September 27, 1938. Known for his unique artistic style and creative techniques, Brus's works hold a significant place in the field of contemporary art. more

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“For me, the Bild-Dichtung [image-poem] is the ideal form, because the drawing process is constantly being interrupted or contrasted by the writing. And since I always have something to say when I am writing, the effort has a balancing effect. Drawing and writing are wonderful complements.”

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“Writing without making mistakes is like vomiting hot air.”

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“Poetry is when words are robbed of their attributed truth.”

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“The pencil-stroke is like cutting into the heart.”

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“Being covered in white paint, you demonstrate behaviour intended to create a public nuisance, which did in fact cause offence to members of the public, and created a breach of the peace and public order.”

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“Color will play no part in the art of future.”

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“You become an artist to upset your family.”

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“As a boy,I was extremely shy, certainly as a result of my upbringing. I was an expert blusher,and some of my harsh actions may echo this shyness by way of compensation.”

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“The revelatory or visionary is the province of the 'private' artist, who in order to render his personal world comprehensible or even tolerable, must force others to believe in it and therefore share it. It is said that 'the poet does not wish to be understood, but to be believed.”

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“The language of images [of inner-oriented artists] does not follow a code structure that is evident and widely accepted, but is more likely to be a complex of symbols that have a profound meaning for the artists themselves.”

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