Max Beckmann - I hardly need to abstract thing... | Quotesia

I hardly need to abstract things, for each object is unreal enough already, so unreal that I can only make it real by means of painting.

German Artist

Born: Feb 12, 1884

Died: Dec 28, 1950

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