Quote #13

I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term 'artist' rather embarrassing.

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  2. At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important.
  3. To tell you the truth, I am rather perplexed about the concept of 'art'. What one person considers to be 'art' is often not 'art' to anothe…
  4. I am always wandering around in enigmas. There are young people who constantly come to tell me: you, too, are making Op Art. I haven't the …
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  6. I believe that producing pictures, as I do, is almost solely a question of wanting so very much to do it well.
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  8. I could fill an entire second life with working on my prints.

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