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The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimise themselves in favour of the ideal. But I just can’t. You see, my paintings are not cool.

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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic.
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I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
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All that seems like error is not error; and it all has to be done. That which seems like a false step is the next step.
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There’s nobody living who couldn’t stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall …. Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting.
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I think it’s a response in our minds to perfection. It’s too bad, people not realizing that their minds expand beyond this world.
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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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