"All men forget that colors have to radiate to give the big [spiritual] expression. (translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)"

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(Dutch version, Nederlandse versie van citaat uit haar brief:) Alle mannen vergeten dat kleuren stralen moeten om de grote uitwerking te geven.. — In her letter of 7 Jan. 1916; as cited in Jacoba van Heemskerck van Beest, 1876 – 1923: schilderes uit roeping, A. H. Huussen jr. (ed. Marleen Blokhuis), (ISBN: 90-400-9064-5); Waanders, Zwolle, 2005, p. 193 — her critic on artists like a. o. Piet Mondrian and Theo Van Doesburg