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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.

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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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Devotion Enormous Instead Life Oneself Pitfall Self
Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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Artist Artwork Material May Response Theme
I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Careful Idea Inaccurate
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.
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Fantastic Like Mistake Seem Wanted
There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Everybody Hint Nature Respond Think
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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Adult Art Course Night Once Taught Think Thinking
I think our minds respond to things beyond this world. Take beauty: it’s a very mysterious thing, isn’t it?
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Beauty Beyond Mind Mysterious Respond Thing Thinking World
One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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Awareness Idea Memory Mind Musit One Own Perfection
The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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Every Happiness Living Thing Want
Withdraws and makes itself up again pulls itself together with pride towers with pride rushes forward into imaginary conquest crashes in frustration withdraws with remorse and repentance pulls itself together with new resolution
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Conquer Crashes Forward Make Pride Pull Repentance Tower Withdrawl
My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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Forever Mind Painting Perception Seen
To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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Giving Life Like Mind Progress Thing Up
Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern.
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Abstract Art Beauty Happiness Perfect Pervasive Sublime Unattached
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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Art Beauty Capable Happy Make Response Thinking Transcendent Transendemt
I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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Learned Mediate Think Thinking Used
The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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Artist Awareness Mind Own State Work

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