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The tattoo can only exist as part of the skin, as a drawing always is an incision in the material and therefore cannot be parted from it.
Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 – 2003 (2004)
I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or moral values.
Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 – 2003 (2004)
The material presence of the work only serves as a conveyer launching an invitation to the observer to take part of the comprehensive game of the thousand and one emotions and visions.
Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 – 2003 (2004)
I often told the fanatics of realism that there is no such thing as realism in art: it only exists in the mind of the observer. Art is a symbol, a thing conjuring up reality in our mental image. That is why I don't see any contradiction between abstract and figurative art either.
Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 – 2003 (2004)
An image means nothing. It is just a door, leading to the next door. It will never happens that we will find the truth we are looking for just in an image; it will happen behind the last door that the spectator discover the truth, because of his own efforts.
Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 – 2003 (2004)
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.
Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 – 2003 (2004)