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One thing is sure – we have to transform the three-dimensional world of objects into the two-dimensional world of the canvas.. .To transform three into two dimensions is for me an experience full of magic in which I glimpse for a moment that fourth dimension which my whole being is seeking.

— Max Beckmann On my Painting (1938)

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Today I wanted to die of weakness and melancholy again.

Space and space again, is the infinite deity which surrounds us and in which we are ourselves contained.

On my Painting (1938)

Afternoon with Q. [Quappi, his second wife] on foot, looking for butter and coals – in vain.

I want to stay here [Amsterdam] for now, then maybe move on to Paris later on. For the interim, Amsterdam is not bad.

If one perceives of it all – the entire War or even life as a whole – as a scene in the theater of 'infinity', many things are much easier to bear.

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