“It is important to see that my paintings are ultimately stimulating. They are not at all the kind of thing that inspires despair.”

—  Bram van Velde

short quotes, 2 November 1971 pp. 84-85
1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)

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