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“The important thing is to be nothing.”

1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“Van Gogh.. Fascinating. The fragility of that strong spirit.”

1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“Of course painting is ridiculous. But it’s the only way I've got to get closer to life.”

1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“I start off on the canvas and, little by little, it imposes its own solution. But that solution is not easy to find.”

1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)

“Everything has to end before it can begin.”

1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“I can't say or explain anything. Pictures don’t come from your head but from life... I am always looking for life. All that escapes thought or will-power.”

short quotes, 2 April 1967; p. 63
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“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.”

11 August 1972; p. 90
1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)

“Picasso.... the master.... being a master: 'I don't search, I find' [a famous quote of Picasso, where he criticize the 'searching' artists].. the master, the mastery.... Producing, producing... He [Picasso! ] only knows how to work, can’t do anything else. What lost souls!... The great risk is producing for its own sake. You must never force things. You just have to wait.”

31 October 1966; p. 59
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“The more you know, the less you are.”

1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“Yes, I abandoned everything. Painting required it. It was all or nothing.”

1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“I feel myself tied to life. To the immensity and complexity of life. Each painting is an impulse towards life.”

short quotes, 29 August 1972; pp. 92-93
1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)

“I think there is a degree of primitivism in what I do... You have to see without illusions. Without trying to protect yourself.”

1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)

“A painter is someone who can't use words. His only escape is to be a seer.”

1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“Life is wrecked by living.”

short quotes, 14 September 1967; p. 63
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“I'm trying to see, when everything in this world conspires to prevent us from seeing.”

1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“Most people's lives are governed by willpower. An artist is someone who has no will.”

1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“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.”

in his letter to H. E. Kramer, 25-10-1926, as quoted in: Bram van Velde, A Tribute, Municipal Museum De Lakenhal Leiden, Municipal Museum Schiedam, Museum de Wieger, Deurne 1994, p. 44 (English translation: Charlotte Burgmans)
1920's

“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.”

1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)

“The greatest moment is when you realize that the painting you've just finished is nothing. When you manage to detach yourself from it.”

1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)

“The world of architecture – and of works conceived for architecture – tends towards beauty. True beauty tends towards ugliness and panic.”

short quotes, May 1972; p. 87
1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)