“The artist may rightly venture the opinion that he does not convey ideas, does not preach, nor that he intents to convert people by using mass communication techniques... Better than handing out all kinds of wise advice, he could show life itself; he could awake forces lying dormant in everybody, he could launch an invitation to create direct and personal experiences.”

Source: undated quotes, Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 – 2003,' (2004), p. 30.

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Catalan painter, sculptor and art theorist 1923–2012

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