▁Mys elf , ▁I ▁am ▁adv ancing ▁towards ▁synth etic ▁unity ▁and ▁I ▁don ' t ▁analyze ▁any ▁more . ▁I ▁take ▁from ▁things ▁what ▁seems ▁to ▁me ▁to ▁have ▁meaning ▁and ▁be ▁most ▁suitable ▁to ▁express ▁my ▁thought . ▁I ▁want ▁to ▁be ▁direct , ▁like ▁Vol taire . ▁No ▁more ▁met aph ors . ▁Ah ▁those ▁stuff ed ▁tom atoes ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁St - Pol - R oux ▁of ▁painting . ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁ideas ▁expressed ▁in ▁these ▁letters ▁to ▁G le izes ▁were ▁reprodu ced ▁and ▁quoted ▁in ▁an ▁article ▁written ▁by ▁Paul ▁D erm ée , ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁magazine ▁S IC , ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁but ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁letters ▁themselves ▁remained ▁unknown ▁until ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 1 6 , ▁Lip ch itz , ▁Gr is ▁and ▁Met z inger ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁close ▁contact ▁with ▁one ▁another . ▁The ▁three ▁had ▁just ▁signed ▁contract s ▁with ▁the ▁deal er , ▁art ▁collect or ▁and ▁gallery ▁owner ▁Lé once ▁Ros enberg . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁work ▁executed ▁during ▁the ▁war ▁of ▁these ▁three ▁artists ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁analyz ed ▁as ▁a ▁process ▁of ▁dist ill ation ▁in ▁a ▁shift ▁towards ▁order ▁and ▁pur ity . ▁This ▁process ▁would ▁continue ▁through ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁when ▁the ▁three ▁spent ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁summer ▁together ▁in ▁Be a ul ieu - Pr és - L och es ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁bomb ard ment