"The radical post-war Cobra group of artists and poets (1948-51).. ..who collaborated in a search for a universal arti…"

"Every definition of form restricts the material effect and with it the suggestion it projects. Suggestive art is mate…"

"The Cobra group started new, and first of all we threw away all these things we had known and started afresh, like a …"

"Our experiments [by the artists of 'Cobra'] the aim at letting thought express itself spontaneously without the contr…"

"Cobra focused explicitly on collaboration, experimenting with different arts and media. The artists valued aesthetic …"

"The expressionistic artworks from the Cobra artists gave rise to furious scenes and fierce critiques. Newspapers spok…"

"In addition to the well-known Dutch Cobra artists including Karel Appel, Eugene Brands, Constant, Corneille, Anton Ro…"

"A living art makes no distinction between beautiful and ugly because it sets no aesthetic norms.. ..The child knows o…"

"The chalkings on pavements and walls clearly show that human beings were born to manifest themselves.. .A painting is…"

"However, painters after world War II see themselves confronted by a world of stage decors and false facades in which …"