If you add something to a painting, never let it be for aesthetic reasons. Only let it be for reasons of expression.
Asger JornBeautiful, ugly, impressive, disgusting, meaningless, grim, contradictory etc โฆ It makes no difference, as long as it is life, vigorously pouring forth.
Asger JornYou can often give a better description of the fight between people, the essentials of it, by means of fantastic animals, the simple, primitive, naked instincts, than by depicting a specific situation. It is not the human animal we should describe, but ourselves as human animals.
Asger Jorn