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“To get anywhere, one must choose one's mistakes, I chose experimental acts.”

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Asger Jorn (1914-1973) was a Danish painter known for his contributions to abstract expressionism and Dadaism. His work blends various styles, including surrealism and minimalism, and was deeply influenced by his philosophical and literary interests throughout his artistic career. more

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“There can be no question of selecting in any direction, but of penetrating the whole cosmic law of rhythms, forces and material that are the real world, from the ugliest to the most beautiful, everything that has character and expression, from the crudest and most brutal to the gentlest and most delicate; everything that speaks to us in its capacity as life.”

World Real Whole Character Beautiful Law Choices Speak Force Expression Materials Capacity Rhythm Real World Cosmic Delicate Brutal Life Choices

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“To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art.”

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“We are not disillusioned because we have no illusions... What we have and what is our strength, is our joy in life... in all its amoral aspects. That is also the basis of our contemporary art.”

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“The significance of something lies in its presence here and now. I don't care what it has been or what it will become. It is the experience of things that matters, the confrontation with things.”

Has Beens Matter Care Lying Experience Don't Care I Don't Care Significance Here And Now Confrontation Things That Matter

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“Form and substance are one and the same. Form is the life expression and substance the living painting.”

Form Painting Expression Substance Form And Substance

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“The goal changes from the general to the individual from need to wish, from ethics to aesthetics.”

Needs Individual Wish Goal Ethics Aesthetics

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“The artist's interest cannot be restricted to a single field; he must seek the highest perception of everything, of the whole and its details.”

Whole Artist Interest Fields Perception Highest Details

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“We like to learn all we need from earlier generations, but we have to find out for ourselves what we need; nobody else can do that for us.”

Needs Can Do Knowledge Generations

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“If a symbolic language dies, it tortures us like a nightmare, like a thousand piece orchestra grating on our nerves and tearing our mind to pieces.. .It is a corpse with no symbolic power or strength.”

Ifs Mind Dies Language Pieces Thousand Torture Nightmare Nerves Orchestra Corpses Symbolic

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“Anything really new is repulsive, because it is abnormal and unreasonable.”

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