“To break and be able to grow together again in a better way: that is the difficult art.”

— Asger Jorn

Statement of 1963, as quoted in Asger Jorn (2002) by Arken Museum of Modern Art
1959 - 1973, Various sources

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Danish artist 1914–1973

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