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

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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Careful Idea Inaccurate
Anything can be painted without representation.
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Anything Painting Representation
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
Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it …. as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.
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Beach Cross Curtain Empty Look Nature Ocean Painting
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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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Hear Mind Original Penetrate Telling Work
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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Favour Idea Idealist Minimalist Minimise Themselves Want
The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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Think Thinking Working Worst Yourself
One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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Art Emotion Feeling Representation Subtle
The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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Adventure High House Joy Mind State
It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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Art Fact Feeling Happiness Remembering Thinking
That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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Art Happiness Inspiration Moment Surprise Take
I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Careful Idea Inaccurate
It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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Commonly Everything Put Thought Word
The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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Artwork Manipulation Material Mind Result State

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