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Quote by Michel Seuphor

“The 'Cercle et Carré' group owes its existence to my encounter with the Uruguayan painter Torrès-Gracia in 1929... However difficult our relationship, his obstinacy matching my patience, this unholy team of fire and water was bound to produce something. Towards the end of the year, after consulting sundry artists, including Arp, Mondrian, and Van Doesburg, we drew up the program for a new group and launched a magazine which was be called 'Cercle et Carré'.”

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Michel Seuphor

Michel Seuphor, born on March 10, 1901 and died on February 12, 1999, was a renowned French illustrator of the 20th century. His unique style and contributions to modern art have left a lasting impact on the world of illustration. more

“To me, the circle and the square where the sky and the earth, as symbolized by the ancient Oriental religions; they formed a kind of rudimentary alphabet by means of which everything could be expressed with the most limited means. They evoked prehistoric runes and the early I-Ching, or Book of Changes.”

Kind Mean Book Earth Sky Ancient Circles Squares Alphabet Prehistoric Runes

Author:Michel Seuphor

“But who does not see that the work goes beyond the one who created it? It marches before him and he will never again be able to catch up with it, it soon leaves his orbit, it will soon belong to another, since he, more quickly than his work, changes and becomes deformed, since before his work dies, he dies.”

Doe Able Dies March Orbit

Author:Michel Seuphor

“You cannot have humane Zionism, it is a contradiction in terms.”

Term Contradiction Humane Zionism

Author:Israel Shahak

“It is my considered opinion that the State of Israel is a racist state in the full meaning of this term: In this state people are discriminated against, in the most permanent and legal way and in the most important areas of life, only because of their origin. This racist discrimination began in Zionism and is carried out today mainly in co-operation with the institutions of the Zionist movement.”