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Pierre Soulages is a French painter, engraver, and sculptor. In 2014, François Hollande described him as "the world's greatest living artist." Wikipedia  

✵ 24. December 1919
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Pierre Soulages Quotes

“I have always thought that he more limited the means, the stronger the expression. That may explain the choice of a small palette.”

Pierre Soulages

Quoted in Cultural Hermeneutics: Essays after Unamuno and Ricoeur https://books.google.com/books?id=qBb8CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT180&lpg=PT180&dq=The+more+limited+the+means+are,+the+stronger+the+expression+will+be.+soulages&source=bl&ots=Z6zlqNBJ5Z&sig=m-Dv6ErGf9KmcjngVgOdJQXZxEk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicmcvE9cLcAhVoZN8KHbVlDwEQ6AEwAnoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20more%20limited%20the%20means%20are%2C%20the%20stronger%20the%20expression%20will%20be.%20soulages&f=false

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