“People have seen that I intend to sweep away everything we have been taught to consider - without question - as grace and beauty; but have overlooked my work to substitute a vaster beauty, touching all objects and beings, not excluding the most despised - and because of that, all the more exhilarating.... I would like people to look at my work as an enterprise for the rehabilitation of scorned values, and, in any case, make no mistake, a work of ardent celebration.... I am convinced that any table can be for each of us a landscape as inexhaustible as the whole Andes range... I am struck by the high value, for a man, of a simple permanent fact, like the miserable vista on which the window of his room opens daily, that comes, with the passing of time, to have an important role in his life. I often think that the highest destination at which a work of art can aim is to take on that function in someone's life.”
Quote by Jean Dubuffet
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Jean Dubuffet
Jean Dubuffet, born on July 31, 1901 in France, was an influential painter. His artistic career was marked by a challenge and innovation of traditional painting, particularly known for his unique 'Art Brut' style. Dubuffet's works often exhibit a raw, natural beauty, and he used unconventional materials such as sand, earth, and debris to create unique visual effects. more
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