“One thing is sure – we have to transform the three-dimensional world of objects into the two-dimensional world of the canvas... To transform three into two dimensions is for me an experience full of magic in which I glimpse for a moment that fourth dimension which my whole being is seeking.”

—  Max Beckmann

Source: 1930s, On my Painting (1938), p. 16

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German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer 1884–1950

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