Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Karel Appel
Born: April 25, 1921
Died: May 3, 2006 (aged 85)
Bio: Christiaan Karel Appel was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement Cobra in 1948.
Known for:
- Questioning Children (1949)
- The Whirling Sun (1966)
- Horse and Flute Player (1951)