“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.”

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.

You can’t make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can’t make a perfect painting.

The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.

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.

Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.

To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.

You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.

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.

We all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly

Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.

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

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.

I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.

Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.

It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.

Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.

There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate

Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.

Keep a constant awareness and a conscious effort to say good words, perform good actions, and to practice patience and compassion.

Learning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one’s being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense of self.

The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.

When the will to learn from the ordinary is present, a seeker may indeed gain entrance into levels of awareness that are extraordinary.