Do you remember how beautiful it was, and that silly Mondrian and those silly Buddha positions right in the middle at the beach [of Domburg, Zeeland, in 1906] (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)

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In a letter to Cees Spoor, Spring, 1907; as cited in Vooral geen principes, Marja Bosma; text-ed. Dorine Duyster; museum Boymans Van Beuningen, ISBN 978-90-6918-232-2, Rotterdam 2008, p. 24

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Do you remember how beautiful it was, and that silly Mondrian and those silly Buddha positions right in the middle at the beach [of Domburg, Zeeland, in 1906] (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)

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