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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.

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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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Once he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it.
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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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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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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