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> [The painting cannot be laid aside even for a day; for it takes constant work to keep 'flowing,' but above that it takes concentration, which in our language is consecration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/the-painting-cannot-be-laid-aside-even-for-a-day-for-it-takes/)

[Morris Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morris-graves/)

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## More by Morris Graves

> [I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world-to pronounce and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/i-paint-to-rest-from-the-phenomena-of-the-external-world-to-pronounce/)

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> [It may not always be obvious at first, but I think that everyone can make a valuable contribution if only they put their minds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/it-may-not-always-be-obvious-at-first-but-i-think-that-everyone-can/)

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> [It takes waking prayer and working prayer and going to bed in prayer each day with increasing dedication. I must be the best person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/it-takes-waking-prayer-and-working-prayer-and-going-to-bed-in-prayer/)

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> [I am able to make a contribution... Let me repeat my convictions, I can make a contribution to American painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/i-am-able-to-make-a-contribution-let-me-repeat-my-convictions-i-can/)

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> [I paint to evoke a changing language of symbols, a language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/i-paint-to-evoke-a-changing-language-of-symbols-a-language-with-which/)

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> [You must first realize the thing completely in your mind. Then grasp the brush, fix your attention so that you see clearly what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/you-must-first-realize-the-thing-completely-in-your-mind-then-grasp/)

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> [An artist is a prophet and seer, not a paint craftsman or design maker, or reporter or entertainer... the artist has the superiorly searching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/an-artist-is-a-prophet-and-seer-not-a-paint-craftsman-or-design-maker/)

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> [Such compositions, line and color ideas, such wonders come into my mind and have stuck! - They will this time be dismissed only by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/such-compositions-line-and-color-ideas-such-wonders-come-into-my-mind/)

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> [The painting cannot be laid aside even for a day; for it takes constant work to keep 'flowing,' but above that it takes concentration,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/the-painting-cannot-be-laid-aside-even-for-a-day-for-it-takes/)

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> [I love and in a way need, a private secret place. It's a kind of deep obsession, but I also love to need and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/i-love-and-in-a-way-need-a-private-secret-place-it-s-a-kind-of-deep/)

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> [It is to aid in making the arts operative rather than only positively or negatively pleasurable... it is to paint a record, in so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/it-is-to-aid-in-making-the-arts-operative-rather-than-only-positively/)

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> [The artists of Asia have spiritually realized form, rather than aesthetically invented or imitated form, and from them I have learned that art and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-graves/the-artists-of-asia-have-spiritually-realized-form-rather-than/)

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