"My illusion is to have something to transmit. If I can't change the world, at least I want to change the way people look at it."
— Antoni Tàpies

January 1, 1970

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a quote from Tàpies' talk, when his museum opened in 1990; as quoted in 'Antoni Tàpies a Painter With Textures, Dies at 88', by William Grimes, in 'The New York Times', 8 Febr, 2012, p. B17