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> [There is something evocative about the idea of destruction. This act of destruction is the expression of an idea... that what we call reality is not real at all. When I draw a head, for example, I immediately feel an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/there-is-something-evocative-about-the-idea-of-destruction-this-act/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

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## More by Antoni Tapies

> [The artist may rightly venture the opinion that he does not convey ideas, does not preach, nor that he intents to convert people by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/the-artist-may-rightly-venture-the-opinion-that-he-does-not-convey/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/i-never-view-aesthetic-ideas-as-having-an-existence-purely-of-their/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [It is what makes conscious of the conditions and laws of observing which applied in this manner become a theme on its own. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/it-is-what-makes-conscious-of-the-conditions-and-laws-of-observing/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [When I talk of reality, I am always thinking of essentials. Profundity is not located in some remote, inaccessible region. It is rooted in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/when-i-talk-of-reality-i-am-always-thinking-of-essentials-profundity/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [Art should startle the viewer into thinking about the meaning of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/art-should-startle-the-viewer-into-thinking-about-the-meaning-of-life/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [Which country is real, mine or the teacher's? My wish is that we might progressively lose our confidence in what we think we believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/which-country-is-real-mine-or-the-teacher-s-my-wish-is-that-we-might/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [I often told the fanatics of realism that there is no such thing as realism in art: it only exists in the mind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/i-often-told-the-fanatics-of-realism-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [If one draws things in a manner which provides only the barest clue to their meaning, the viewer is forced to fill in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/if-one-draws-things-in-a-manner-which-provides-only-the-barest-clue/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [Like a researcher in his laboratory, I am the first spectator of the suggestions drawn from the materials. I unleash their expressive possibilities, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/like-a-researcher-in-his-laboratory-i-am-the-first-spectator-of-the/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [Painting quickly is a calculated act to block out rational thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/painting-quickly-is-a-calculated-act-to-block-out-rational-thought/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [All my pictures are a kind of revision of my original idea. This is surely very different from the way in which Japanese or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/all-my-pictures-are-a-kind-of-revision-of-my-original-idea-this-is/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [A cross could be a shape for expressing something spacious; such as the coordinators of space. That could be called its first significance or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/a-cross-could-be-a-shape-for-expressing-something-spacious-such-as/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [If I can't change the world, at least I want to change the way people look at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/if-i-can-t-change-the-world-at-least-i-want-to-change-the-way-people/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [An image means nothing. It is just a door, leading to the next door. It will never happens that we will find the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/an-image-means-nothing-it-is-just-a-door-leading-to-the-next-door-it/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

> [I am interested in study, reflection, philosophy - but always as a dilettante. I also consider myself a dilettante as a painter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/i-am-interested-in-study-reflection-philosophy-but-always-as-a/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

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