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Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit.


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To me art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risk.

To me art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risk.



There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red.

There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red.



I'm not an abstractionist. I'm not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on.

I'm not an abstractionist. I'm not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on.



The most interesting painting is one that expresses more of what one thinks than of what one sees

The most interesting painting is one that expresses more of what one thinks than of what one sees



A painting is not a picture of an experience, but is the experience.

A painting is not a picture of an experience, but is the experience.



There is more power in telling little than in telling all.

There is more power in telling little than in telling all.



If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom.

If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom.



The artist invites the spectator to take a journey within the realm of the canvas... Without taking the journey, the spectator has really missed the essential experience of the picture.

The artist invites the spectator to take a journey within the realm of the canvas... Without taking the journey, the spectator has really missed the essential experience of the picture.



You think my paintings are calm, like windows in some cathedral? You should look again. I'm the most violent of all the American painters. Behind those colours there hides the final cataclysm.

You think my paintings are calm, like windows in some cathedral? You should look again. I'm the most violent of all the American painters. Behind those colours there hides the final cataclysm.






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At McCormick Theological Seminary I had to take Hebrew, so I began to read prophetic poetry, and suddenly it became the life I wanted to spend.

At McCormick Theological Seminary I had to take Hebrew, so I began to read prophetic poetry, and suddenly it became the life I wanted to spend.



I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.

I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.



Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we feel 107.

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But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.

But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.



Five hundred and fifty generations have lived here. Only the stories we tell each other will create us as a true Canadian people.

Five hundred and fifty generations have lived here. Only the stories we tell each other will create us as a true Canadian people.



I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.



We fight wars from progressively great heights and distances, the blessings of technology steadily removing the personal human element from what was historically an extremely personal experience.

We fight wars from progressively great heights and distances, the blessings of technology steadily removing the personal human element from what was historically an extremely personal experience.




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