“quote, c. 1960; from the documentary De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel, by Dutch filmer Jan Vrijman, 1962”

— Karel Appel

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in Dutch: Ik schilder als een barbaar in deze barbaarse tijd.

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Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet 1921–2006

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