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> [We all feel a separateness; we wish that a drop of water would soften our ego; the world needs a common conscience: agreement... we must concentrate outside ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/we-all-feel-a-separateness-we-wish-that-a-drop-of-water-would-soften/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

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## More by Mark Tobey

> [I've tried to decentralize and interpenetrate so that all parts of a painting are of related value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/i-ve-tried-to-decentralize-and-interpenetrate-so-that-all-parts-of-a/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [Problems are an important part of maturing--meet them straight on. Work them out. It's like the chick in the egg. It has to break…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/problems-are-an-important-part-of-maturing-meet-them-straight-on-work/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [An artist must find his expression closely linked to his individual experience or else follow in the old grooves resulting in lifeless forms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/an-artist-must-find-his-expression-closely-linked-to-his-individual/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [At a time when experimentation expresses itself in all forms of life, search becomes the only valid expression of the spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/at-a-time-when-experimentation-expresses-itself-in-all-forms-of-life/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [Every artist's problem today is: What will we do with the human?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/every-artist-s-problem-today-is-what-will-we-do-with-the-human/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/i-believe-that-painting-should-come-through-the-avenues-of-meditation/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [Don't help the young too much — it will just weaken them and they'll resent it, and finally start avoiding you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/don-t-help-the-young-too-much-it-will-just-weaken-them-and-they-ll/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [We all feel a separateness; we wish that a drop of water would soften our ego; the world needs a common conscience: agreement... we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/we-all-feel-a-separateness-we-wish-that-a-drop-of-water-would-soften/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [On pavements and the bark of trees I have found whole worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/on-pavements-and-the-bark-of-trees-i-have-found-whole-worlds/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [There has been 32 isms since the advent of cubism, yet after all there are essentially the same two old strings, the Romantic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/there-has-been-32-isms-since-the-advent-of-cubism-yet-after-all-there/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [Now it seems to me that we are in a universalising period... If we are to have world peace, we should have an understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/now-it-seems-to-me-that-we-are-in-a-universalising-period-if-we-are/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [But there was escape, too, even in those days, for there was Whistler living in the grey mists with a faded orange moon. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/but-there-was-escape-too-even-in-those-days-for-there-was-whistler/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [The dimension that counts for the creative person is the space he creates within himself. This inner space is closer to the infinite than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/the-dimension-that-counts-for-the-creative-person-is-the-space-he/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [Reality must be expressed by a physical symbol.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/reality-must-be-expressed-by-a-physical-symbol/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

> [You don't want to help the young too much,it will just weaken them and they'll only resent it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/you-don-t-want-to-help-the-young-too-much-it-will-just-weaken-them/)

[Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/)

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