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Wifredo Lam Quotes

1902–1982 Cuba

Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla, known as Wifredo Lam (December 8, 1902–September 11, 1982) was a Cuban artist.

Cuba
Painters

Also known as: Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla

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I wanted with all my heart to paint the drama of my country but by thoroughly expressing the Negro spirit, the beauty of the [visual] art of the blacks.

It was like some sort of hell…For me, trafficking in the dignity of a people is just that: hell. I refused to paint cha-cha-cha.

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