"[Appel's paintings] assert themselves with a certain brutality that leaves little room for doubt.. .Appel exists.. .Appel's paintings exist, they are made of colour-paste. His painting is absolutely materialist."
— Karel Appel

January 1, 1970

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SculptorsPainters from the NetherlandsPeople from Amsterdam
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Quote of Dotremont, c. 1950; in the 'Preface' of his monograph on Appel, intended for the Cobra library); as quoted in Karel Appel, a gesture of colour, Jean-François Lyotard, (original French text of 1992 based upon intensive correspondence with Karel Appel), Christine Buci-Glucksmann, Herman Parret; University Press, Leuven, Belgium, 2009, p. 103