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An object painted upside down is suitable for painting because it is unsuitable as an object.


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The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does.

The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does.



What counts most is finding new ways to get the world down in paint on my own terms.

What counts most is finding new ways to get the world down in paint on my own terms.



I begin with an idea, but as I work, the picture takes over. Then there is the struggle between the idea I preconceived... and the picture that fights for its own life.

I begin with an idea, but as I work, the picture takes over. Then there is the struggle between the idea I preconceived... and the picture that fights for its own life.



Women don't paint very well. It's a fact. There are, of course, exceptions. Agnes Martin or, from the past, Paula Modersohn-Becker.

Women don't paint very well. It's a fact. There are, of course, exceptions. Agnes Martin or, from the past, Paula Modersohn-Becker.



I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by my father's generation.

I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by my father's generation.



Art is visceral and vulgar - it's an eruption.

Art is visceral and vulgar - it's an eruption.



I hang my work upside down to emphasize surface.

I hang my work upside down to emphasize surface.



The reality is the picture, it is most certainly not in the picture.

The reality is the picture, it is most certainly not in the picture.



What I could never escape was Germany, and being German.

What I could never escape was Germany, and being German.



The idea of changing or improving the world is alien to me and seems ludicrous. Society functions, and always has, without the artist. No artist has ever changed anything for better or worse.

The idea of changing or improving the world is alien to me and seems ludicrous. Society functions, and always has, without the artist. No artist has ever changed anything for better or worse.





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..."la ficción es casi siempre copia de la realidad, o es exageración de la misma, o disimulo de lo que si ha ocurrido".



Maslow was right... Insecurity is main source of ego and aggression... Achievements and success leads to humbleness... It takes a lifetime... to understand nothing matters..

Maslow was right... Insecurity is main source of ego and aggression... Achievements and success leads to humbleness... It takes a lifetime... to understand nothing matters..





It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.



If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.

If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.



Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.

Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.



In case you didn't know, ethanol is made by mixing corn with your tax dollars.

In case you didn't know, ethanol is made by mixing corn with your tax dollars.



Successful people understand the value of time. Once they commit to doing something, they would never cancel.

Successful people understand the value of time. Once they commit to doing something, they would never cancel.



It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself.

It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself.




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