The duty of the artist is not to be calculating in any sense, so that he may be free himself of human emotions while carried by the universal forces of life. Only then does one not think about making art,… — Karel Appel Copy Share Image
You have to learn it all, then forget it and start again like a child. This is the inner evolution. — Karel Appel Copy Share Image
When I was young I once found a book in a Dutch translation, 'The leaves of Grass'. It was the first time a book… — Karel Appel Copy Share Image
The duty of the artist is not to be calculating in any sense, so that he may be free himself of human emotions while… — Karel Appel Copy Share Image
My brush-strokes start in nothing and they end in nothing, and in-between you find the image. — Karel Appel Copy Share Image
As an artist you have to fight and survive the wilderness to keep your creative freedom. Creativity is very fragile. — Karel Appel Copy Share Image
Every day I have to be awake to escape.. ..The whole world is sleepy. It is a real fight to be awake, to see… — Karel Appel Copy Share Image
My paint is like a rocket, which describes its own space. I try to make the impossible possible. What is happening I cannot foresee,… — Karel Appel Copy Share Image
I'm not a pessimist. Maybe I don't have a primitive feeling of happiness, that is true. Sometimes my color is happy but not the… — Karel Appel Copy Share Image
