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Carlson Gracie
Carlson Gracie

Carlson Gracie, born on August 13, 1932, and passed away on February 1, 2006, was a significant figure in the history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. As a member of the Gracie family, he played a crucial role in the global spread of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. more

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“My paint is like a rocket, which describes its own space. I try to make the impossible possible. What is happening I cannot foresee, it is a surprise. Painting, like passion, is an emotion full of truth and rings a living sound, like the roar coming from the lion's breast. To paint is to destroy what preceded. I never try to make a painting, but a chunk of life. It is a scream; it is a night; it is like a child; it is a tiger behind bars.”

“For one thing, I want gesture-any kind of gesture, all kinds of gesture-gentle or brutal, joyous or tragic; the gesture of space soaring, sinking, streaming, whirling; the gestures of light flowing or spurting through color. I see everything as possessing or possessed by gesture. I've often thought of my paintings as having an axis around which everything revolves.”