Quote of Jorn, in On the Passage of a few people through a rather brief moment in time: the Situationist International, 1957-1972 (1989), edited by Elisabeth Sussman, p. 142
1959 - 1973, Various sources
Asger Jorn: Expression
Asger Jorn was Danish artist. Explore interesting quotes on expression.1940 - 1948, Intimate Banalities' (1941)
As quoted in Aftermath France, 1945-54: New Images of Man: An Exhibition (1982), p. 107
1959 - 1973, Various sources
1949 - 1958, Speech to the Penguins' (1949)
Statement to his friend Pierre Alechinsky, between 1965-1970; as quoted in Asger Jorn (2002) by Arken Museum of Modern Art, p. 115
1959 - 1973, Various sources
1940 - 1948, Intimate Banalities' (1941)
1949 - 1958, Speech to the Penguins' (1949)
Variant translations:
What we possess and what gives us strength is our joy in life, our interest in life in all its amoral facets. This is also the foundation for today's art. We do not even know the aesthetic laws.
We are not disillusioned because we have no illusions; we have never had any. What we have, and what constitutes our strength, is our joy in life, in all of its moral and amoral manifestations.
1940 - 1948, Intimate Banalities' (1941)
“The act of expressing oneself is a physical one. It materializes the thought.”
1949 - 1958, Speech to the Penguins' (1949)