“I knew neither jealousy nor hate but was possessed by a rage to recreate a new world, the world which my eyes perceived, a world all to myself. I was poor but I knew that life is beautiful.” WorldEyeBeautifulLife IsHatePoorRageObsessionNew WorldPossessedLife Is Beautiful Author:Maurice de Vlaminck
“Decadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society's struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful.” WorldBeautifulStruggleLife And DeathNew WorldDecadenceBetween Life And Death Book:Catalog of the Exhibition Held at the Costume Source: Catalog of the Exhibition Held at the Costume
“Literary revolution and revolutionary literature did not create a beautiful new world but instead divested literature of its basic nature, promoted violence, and, by resorting to linguistic violence, made a battlefield of this domain of spiritual freedom.” WorldMadeBeautifulSpiritualLiteratureViolenceRevolutionRevolutionaryNew WorldDomainBattlefieldsSpiritual Freedom Author:Gao Xingjian