p. 24.
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I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or moral values.
— Antoni Tàpies
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Source: Wikiquote: "Antoni Tàpies" (Quotes of Antoni Tàpies: sorted chronologically, after date of the quotes of Tàpies, undated quotes, 'Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 – 2003,' (2004): Quotes from: Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 – 2003, Achim Sommer, Kunsthalle Emden, Altana 2004)
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About Antoni Tàpies
Antoni Tàpies (13 December 1923 – 6 February 2012) was a Spanish Catalan artist, born in Barcelona, who from 1947 on, started to paint in a surrealistic style. Through 'Arte Povare', under the influence of Eastern calligraphy among other things, he soon developed a spontaneous Abstract Expressionism with its own symbolic language.
About Antoni Tàpies
Antoni Tàpies (13 December 1923 – 6 February 2012) was a Spanish Catalan artist, born in Barcelona, who from 1947 on, started to paint in a surrealistic style. Through 'Arte Povare', under the influence of Eastern calligraphy among other things, he soon developed a spontaneous Abstract Expressionism with its own symbolic language.
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