Hundertwasser's comment on the work

Micheline had the big almond eyes which I then adopted from Brô. Unfortunately, Brô and Bernard were already in love with her. (from: Cat. Albertina, Vienna, 1974, p. 140)It was the summer of 1949. All three were ferociously different from all other mortals. They acted as if it were only natural that the rebirth of human, religious and artistic culture in the world depended on them alone. They represented a programme, a universal ideology they had conceived themselves. I had never seen the like.With a beard or shaven head, in a Chinese hair style, very simple, elegant clothing in a clever style they had created and sewn themselves, like in ancient Egypt. Barefoot or in sandals, also of their own special design, they were in themselves a wandering exhibition of the fashion of future centuries. There was nothing about them of the picturesque Bohemian, their comportment had the seriousness of the pioneer, of a better world which was infinitely more beautiful and just. Attaining the highest level through beauty was no longer a utopia, but a way, a procedure which was thoroughly real and viable. Brô and Bernard outdid each other in their sartorial, pictoral, philosophical and literary inventiveness and in their human prowess, with Micheline as arbiter, whose immense eyes, Egyptian nose and long black hair dominated everything. (translated from: Cat. Brô, Paysages et Figures, Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen, 1996)