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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

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
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
I paint with my back to the world
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Back Paint World
Anything can be painted without representation.
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Anything Painting Representation
I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Careful Idea Inaccurate
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
I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic.
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Art Classical Memories Perfection Tradition
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
They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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Art Completely Lacking Memory Perfect Subject Sublime Substance
What we really want to do is serve happiness. We want everyone to be happy, never unhappy even for a moment. We want the animals to be happy.
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Animal Everyone Happiness Really Serve Unhappy Wanted
Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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Beam Feel Happiness Life Pull
Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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Fulfill Happiness Potential Way
Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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Beauty Eye Life Mind Mystery
This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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Adventurous Artwork Attractiveness Joyful Stremous
I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Careful Idea Inaccurate
Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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