"As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty, other things may come into play."

Work, Certainty, May, Play

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"As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty, other things may come into play."

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"I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience."

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