Max Beckmann Quote

One thing is sure – we have to transform the three-dimensional world of objects into the two-dimensional world of the canvas... To transform three into two dimensions is for me an experience full of magic in which I glimpse for a moment that fourth dimension which my whole being is seeking.

In Max Beckmann – On my Painting, Tate Publishing London, 2003, p. 16 - 'On my painting' (1938)