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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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There is only the present. A painting is an instant of time that has escaped oblivion.
Bram van Velde
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I don't like talking. I don’t like people talking to me.. .Painting is silence.
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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 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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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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The real horror is mass production. Painting when there is no compulsion to do so… …Pictures like that are all unpunished crimes.
Bram van Velde
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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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The important thing is to be nothing.
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I can’t say anything. There are no words.
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The artist is living a secret that he has to make manifest.
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Painting is getting in touch with the truth. It's a matter of summoning up the vision I need.
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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.
Bram van Velde
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Painting doesn't interest me.. .What I paint is beyond painting.
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Waiting for the truth.
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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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I think there is a degree of primitivism in what I do.. .You have to see without illusions. Without trying to protect yourself.
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At is taking risks.. ..a sincere attempt to achieve the impossible, the unknown.
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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.
Bram van Velde