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“I hardly need to abstract things, for each object is unreal enough already, so unreal that I can only make it real by means of painting.”

Quote by Max Beckmann

Book:On My Painting - Max Beckmann

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On My Painting - Max Beckmann

This book offers insights into the thoughts and methods of Max Beckmann, a prominent figure in the Expressionist movement. It includes his musings on the creative process, the role of emotion in art, and the significance of form and color in his work. more

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German Expressionist painter and printmaker, known for his unique style and profound themes. Beckmann's works often contain symbolic elements, reflecting his deep thoughts on human existence. more

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“I went across the fields to avoid the straight highways, along the firing lines where people were shooting at a small wooded hill, which is now covered with wooden crosses and lines of graves instead of spring flowers.”

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“In principle, any abstraction of the object is allowed which has a sufficiently strong creative power behind it.”

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“The greatest mystery of all is reality.”

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“If you wish to get hold of the invisible you must penetrate as deeply as possible into the visible.”

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“The idea of difficulty animates us all the time. We don’t want man to be an angel; we want him to be a hero. That is to say, a man like us, but who does extraordinary things. He jumps, yes, but in spite of the law of gravity. And everything he does is always ‘in spite of.’”

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“One pearl is better than a whole necklace of potatoes.”

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“The clown has great importance as part of the search for what is laughable and ridiculous in man. We should put the emphasis on the rediscovery of our own individual clown, the one that has grown-up within us and which society does not allow us to express.”

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“Error is not just acceptable, it is necessary for the continuation of life, provided it is not too great. A large error is a catastrophe, a small error is essential for enhancing existence. Without error, there is no movement. Death follows.”

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“The body knows things about which the mind is ignorant”

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