Bram van Velde Quotes
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The less you think, the better it is.
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The most difficult thing is not to want anything.
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A painter is someone who can't use words. His only escape is to be a seer.
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I am in a thousand pieces. Painting somehow makes me whole.
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Painting is being alive. Through my painting, I beat back this world that stops us living and where we are in constant danger of being destroyed.. .No, you have to know when to keep silent.
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Paris with its multitude of art directions calls continuously to the deepest penetration and recognition of your inner essence. Only in this way it is possible to create work that refers the time span.
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Mondrian.. .The constructivists?.. .They had certainties. They wanted a stable basis to work on, but I’m afraid that that was enormous arrogance on their part. Nothing is stable and no certainties are possible.
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The important thing is to be nothing.
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My work is independent of my will. My best works are created when driven by an inner strength. This has nothing to do with my will. It is that immediate spontaneity of my intense way of living that makes the difference between my work and a lot of other artists who make art works with their mind.
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Painting doesn't interest me.. .What I paint is beyond painting.
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Life is so difficult to catch.
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Perhaps he Mondrian was too faithful to a single discovery. And perhaps that kind of painting was right for the period. But now peace and harmony are no longer possible. There is only anguish.
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The world of architecture – and of works conceived for architecture – tends towards beauty. True beauty tends towards ugliness and panic.
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I don't like talking. I don’t like people talking to me.. .Painting is silence.
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The more you know, the less you are.
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I can’t say anything. There are no words.
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Something is trying to come into the world. But I don’t know what it is. I never start by knowing. It's impossible to know. Truth is not knowledge.
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The artist is living a secret that he has to make manifest.
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I don’t know if I've got close enough in two recent paintings he made to what I was really trying to achieve. But at least I've tried, I've made the attempt. I've done what I could. I've gone as far as my powers permitted.
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You are in constant danger of being destroyed.
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When you get to the bottom, you discover that there is no room for pride. That’s what I paint.
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There’s always doubt. There’s nothing you can get hold of.
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I paint the impossibility of painting.
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Most people's lives are governed by willpower. An artist is someone who has no will.