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Per Kirkeby Quotes

born 1938 Denmark

Per Kirkeby (born 1 September 1938, in Copenhagen) is a Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor. Kirkeby’s interest in geology and nature in general plays a crucial role in his art.

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Landscapes are about beauty and death. The only way you can define beauty.. ..is to know that death is hiding behind it. This is what haunts you when you’re doing a so-called landscape painting. -

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Per Kirkeby (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.