Famous quote by Max Beckmann

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"I hardly need to abstract things, for each object is unreal enough already, so unreal that I can only make it real by means of painting"

- Max Beckmann

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This quote is written / told by Max Beckmann between February 12, 1884 and December 28, 1950. He/she was a famous Artist from Germany. The author also have 18 other quotes.

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