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Asger Jorn Quotes

Being an artist is being an isolated individual Picture Quote #1

To understand the magic way of thinking you have to know non-magic thinking. If you see that clearly, you will see how many magic thoughts are necessary elements even of natural science today Picture Quote #1

It is said that my art has some typically Nordic features: the curving lines, the convolutions, the magical masks and staring eyes that appear in myths and folk art. This may be. My interest in the dynamics of Jugend style probably also comes into it Picture Quote #1

Form and substance are one and the same. Form is the life expression and substance the living painting Picture Quote #1

Even here, nothing ever happens; and nothing ever happens to it Picture Quote #1

We are sparks that must glow as brightly as possible Picture Quote #1

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To get anywhere, one must choose one’s mistakes. I chose experimental acts Picture Quote #1

In the beginning was the image Picture Quote #1

The act of expressing oneself is a physical one. It materializes the thought Picture Quote #1

I act with full responsibility and after extensive reflection Picture Quote #1

We like to learn all we need from earlier generations, but we have to find out for ourselves what we need; nobody else can do that for us Picture Quote #1

The significance of something lies in its presence here and now. I don’t care what it has been or what it will become. It is the experience of things that matters, the confrontation with things Picture Quote #1

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Only my current situation has enabled me to accomplish the expensive task of demonstrating that the preferred sustenance of painting is painting Picture Quote #1

Those who try to combat the production of shoddy pictures are enemies of the best art today... It always feels tragic to see people labouring to saw off the branch they are sitting on Picture Quote #1

During every really creative act, the artist finds himself homeless. To overcome this state he has to call up his last reserves of strength Picture Quote #1

We cannot inherit a fixed, unmoving view of life and of art from the past generation Picture Quote #1

True realism, materialist realism lies in the search for the expression of forms faithful to their content. But there is no content detached from human interest Picture Quote #1

If a symbolic language dies, it tortures us like a nightmare, like a thousand piece orchestra grating on our nerves and tearing our mind to pieces…. It is a corpse with no symbolic power or strength Picture Quote #1

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The picture’s substance reflects the painter’s substance, showing how much he has felt of himself and his society, how much he spans and how deep his experience goes Picture Quote #1

The artist’s interest cannot be restricted to a single field; he must seek the highest perception of everything, of the whole and its details Picture Quote #1

The goal changes from the general to the individual from need to wish, from ethics to aesthetics Picture Quote #1

If the image was sketched onto the canvas and spontaneously drawn, colour would often be restrained and unfree... The most important and the most difficult liberation process we went trough, the one that has distinguished our art, was the freeing of colour, the transition to a painterly spontaneity Picture Quote #1

We are not disillusioned because we have no illusions... What we have and what is our strength, is our joy in life... in all its amoral aspects. That is also the basis of our contemporary art Picture Quote #1

There can be no question of selecting in any direction, but of penetrating the whole cosmic law of rhythms, forces and material that are the real world, from the ugliest to the most beautiful, everything that has character and expression, from the crudest and most brutal to the gentlest and most delicate; everything that speaks to us in its capacity as life Picture Quote #1

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We are not talking about a new cognition in relation to abstract art, rather a new area of cognition Picture Quote #1

A creative train of thought is set off by: the unexpected, the unknown, the accidental, the disorderly, the absurd, the impossible Picture Quote #1

True realism lies in the search for the expression of forms faithful to their content. But there is no content detached from human interest Picture Quote #1

To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art Picture Quote #1

If you add something to a painting, never let it be for aesthetic reasons. Only let it be for reasons of expression Picture Quote #1

To break and be able to grow together again in a better way: that is the difficult art Picture Quote #1

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Being an artist is being an isolated individual (Asger Jorn Quotes) To understand the magic way of thinking you have to know non-magic thinking. If you see that clearly, you will see how many magic thoughts are necessary elements even of natural science today (Asger Jorn Quotes) It is said that my art has some typically Nordic features: the curving lines, the convolutions, the magical masks and staring eyes that appear in myths and folk art. This may be. My interest in the dynamics of Jugend style probably also comes into it (Asger Jorn Quotes) Form and substance are one and the same. Form is the life expression and substance the living painting (Asger Jorn Quotes) Even here, nothing ever happens; and nothing ever happens to it (Asger Jorn Quotes) We are sparks that must glow as brightly as possible (Asger Jorn Quotes) To get anywhere, one must choose one’s mistakes. I chose experimental acts (Asger Jorn Quotes) In the beginning was the image (Asger Jorn Quotes) The act of expressing oneself is a physical one. It materializes the thought (Asger Jorn Quotes) I act with full responsibility and after extensive reflection (Asger Jorn Quotes) We like to learn all we need from earlier generations, but we have to find out for ourselves what we need; nobody else can do that for us (Asger Jorn Quotes) The significance of something lies in its presence here and now. I don’t care what it has been or what it will become. It is the experience of things that matters, the confrontation with things (Asger Jorn Quotes) Only my current situation has enabled me to accomplish the expensive task of demonstrating that the preferred sustenance of painting is painting (Asger Jorn Quotes) Those who try to combat the production of shoddy pictures are enemies of the best art today... It always feels tragic to see people labouring to saw off the branch they are sitting on (Asger Jorn Quotes) During every really creative act, the artist finds himself homeless. To overcome this state he has to call up his last reserves of strength (Asger Jorn Quotes) We cannot inherit a fixed, unmoving view of life and of art from the past generation (Asger Jorn Quotes) True realism, materialist realism lies in the search for the expression of forms faithful to their content. But there is no content detached from human interest (Asger Jorn Quotes) If a symbolic language dies, it tortures us like a nightmare, like a thousand piece orchestra grating on our nerves and tearing our mind to pieces…. It is a corpse with no symbolic power or strength (Asger Jorn Quotes) The picture’s substance reflects the painter’s substance, showing how much he has felt of himself and his society, how much he spans and how deep his experience goes (Asger Jorn Quotes) The artist’s interest cannot be restricted to a single field; he must seek the highest perception of everything, of the whole and its details (Asger Jorn Quotes) The goal changes from the general to the individual from need to wish, from ethics to aesthetics (Asger Jorn Quotes) If the image was sketched onto the canvas and spontaneously drawn, colour would often be restrained and unfree... The most important and the most difficult liberation process we went trough, the one that has distinguished our art, was the freeing of colour, the transition to a painterly spontaneity (Asger Jorn Quotes) We are not disillusioned because we have no illusions... What we have and what is our strength, is our joy in life... in all its amoral aspects. That is also the basis of our contemporary art (Asger Jorn Quotes) There can be no question of selecting in any direction, but of penetrating the whole cosmic law of rhythms, forces and material that are the real world, from the ugliest to the most beautiful, everything that has character and expression, from the crudest and most brutal to the gentlest and most delicate; everything that speaks to us in its capacity as life (Asger Jorn Quotes) We are not talking about a new cognition in relation to abstract art, rather a new area of cognition (Asger Jorn Quotes) A creative train of thought is set off by: the unexpected, the unknown, the accidental, the disorderly, the absurd, the impossible (Asger Jorn Quotes) True realism lies in the search for the expression of forms faithful to their content. But there is no content detached from human interest (Asger Jorn Quotes) To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art (Asger Jorn Quotes) If you add something to a painting, never let it be for aesthetic reasons. Only let it be for reasons of expression (Asger Jorn Quotes) To break and be able to grow together again in a better way: that is the difficult art (Asger Jorn Quotes)

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