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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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I paint with my back to the world
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Back Paint World
My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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Art Certainly Hint Horizontal Life Nonobjective Painting Thinking
It’s through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
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Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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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.
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Done Error False Next Seem Step
You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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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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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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Every Happiness Living Thing Want
There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Everybody Hint Nature Respond Think
You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
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Closed Everyone Inspiration Mind Realizing Through Time
Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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Beam Feel Happiness Life Pull

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