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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.

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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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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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What we really want to do is serve happiness. We want everyone to be happy, never unhappy even for a moment. We want the animals to be happy.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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We all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly
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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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