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When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.

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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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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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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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I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.
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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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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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