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If the painter does not live, does not explain the drama of his society, he is not an artist.

— M'hamed Issiakhem

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I am always sensitive to all those who struggle to survive in difficult conditions.

Painting must stop being the monopoly of a small class that can afford to buy paintings.

I am too sensitive to the human condition to suddenly turn my back on this figure.

Any stagnant art is a retrograde art. Any art that wants to be ahead of the people is a pretentious art, dishonest.

The painter has to stop saying “I’m worth so much”. You have to accept that your work is financially worthless, or little.

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