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All men forget that colors have to radiate to give the big [spiritual] expression. (translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)
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Notes from Wikiquote In her letter of 7 Jan. 1916; as cited in Jacoba van Heemskerck van Beest, 1876 – 1923: schilderes uit roeping, A. H. Huussen jr. (ed. Marleen Blokhuis), (ISBN: 90-400-9064-5); Waanders, Zwolle, 2005, p. 193 | her critic on artists like a. o. Piet Mondrian and Theo Van Doesburg
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