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Asger Jorn quotes: We like to learn all we need from earlier generations, but we have to find out for ourselves what we need; nobody else can do that for us.

We like to learn all we need from earlier generations, but we have to find out for ourselves what we need; nobody else can do that for us.

Asger Jorn quotes: This is what aesthetics, development and progress depend upon: that we go out on thin ice.

This is what aesthetics, development and progress depend upon: that we go out on thin ice.

Asger Jorn quotes: I act with full responsibility and after extensive reflection.

I act with full responsibility and after extensive reflection.

Asger Jorn quotes: Form and substance are one and the same. Form is the life expression and substance the living painting.

Form and substance are one and the same. Form is the life expression and substance the living painting.

Asger Jorn quotes: The artist's interest cannot be restricted to a single field; he must seek the highest perception of everything, of the whole and its details.

The artist's interest cannot be restricted to a single field; he must seek the highest perception of everything, of the whole and its details.

Asger Jorn quotes: Everything is in constant flux, from state to state, from good to bad and back again ... , only in transmutation, perpetual motion, lies truth.

Everything is in constant flux, from state to state, from good to bad and back again ... , only in transmutation, perpetual motion, lies truth.

Asger Jorn quotes: If you add something to a painting, never let it be for aesthetic reasons. Only let it be for reasons of expression.

If you add something to a painting, never let it be for aesthetic reasons. Only let it be for reasons of expression.

Asger Jorn quotes: The goal changes from the general to the individual from need to wish, from ethics to aesthetics.

The goal changes from the general to the individual from need to wish, from ethics to aesthetics.

Asger Jorn quotes: Being an artist is being an isolated individual.

Being an artist is being an isolated individual.

Asger Jorn quotes: Anything really new is repulsive, because it is abnormal and unreasonable.

Anything really new is repulsive, because it is abnormal and unreasonable.

Asger Jorn quotes: The act of expressing oneself is a physical one. It materializes the thought.

The act of expressing oneself is a physical one. It materializes the thought.

Asger Jorn quotes: We are not talking about a new cognition in relation to abstract art, rather a new area of cognition ...

We are not talking about a new cognition in relation to abstract art, rather a new area of cognition ...

Asger Jorn quotes: To get anywhere, one must choose one's mistakes. I chose experimental acts.

To get anywhere, one must choose one's mistakes. I chose experimental acts.

Asger Jorn quotes: A creative train of thought is set off by: the unexpected, the unknown, the accidental, the disorderly, the absurd, the impossible.

A creative train of thought is set off by: the unexpected, the unknown, the accidental, the disorderly, the absurd, the impossible.

Asger Jorn quotes: In the beginning was the image.

In the beginning was the image.

Asger Jorn quotes: True realism lies in the search for the expression of forms faithful to their content. But there is no content detached from human interest.

True realism lies in the search for the expression of forms faithful to their content. But there is no content detached from human interest.

Asger Jorn quotes: To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art.

To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art.

Asger Jorn quotes: We are sparks that must glow as brightly as possible.

We are sparks that must glow as brightly as possible.

Asger Jorn quotes: To break and be able to grow together again in a better way: that is the difficult art.

To break and be able to grow together again in a better way: that is the difficult art.

Asger Jorn quotes: During every really creative act, the artist finds himself homeless. To overcome this state he has to call up his last reserves of strength.

During every really creative act, the artist finds himself homeless. To overcome this state he has to call up his last reserves of strength.

Asger Jorn quotes: We cannot inherit a fixed, unmoving view of life and of art from the past generation.

We cannot inherit a fixed, unmoving view of life and of art from the past generation.