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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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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.
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When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it …. as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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What I say is that we’re capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.
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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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I paint with my back to the world
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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