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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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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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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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I paint with my back to the world
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You can’t make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can’t make a perfect painting.
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