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But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.

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Arnulf Rainer

I have settled down in this border area; I am trying to find distinct standards of shape, and I long to experience, formulate, and evoke this dark, heavy, tranquillity.

Area, Dark, Long, Peace, Tranquillity
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The principles of my works. . . are the extinction of expression, permanent covering and contemplative tranquillity. . . My ideal is the completely dark picture, full of some overwhelming silence.

Contemplative, Dark, Expression, Extinction, Silence, Tranquillity

I could only relax when there was just one tiny white last spot left. I could see more clearly. I could grasp the shape of the picture again. . . The pictures are alive because of the white remnant, the almost concealment.

Alive, Clearly, Picture, Relax, Remnant, White

Sometimes I had to force the overpainting of three corners almost without any feeling for shape, almost without inspiration, only to find my way back, to get out of this hell.

Corners, Feelings, Frustration, Inspiration, Shape

the 'total overpaintings' developed. . . through incessant reworking. The original motif peeped through the edges. Gradually it vanished completely.

Edges, Incessant, Motif, Motifs, Originals, Reworking

Only an 'almost,' a 'nearly,' is possible.

Nearly, Possible
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