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> [Is there in painting an effect which arises from the being together of repose and energy in the artist's mind? - can both repose and energy be seen in a painting's line and color, plane and volume, surface and depth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/is-there-in-painting-an-effect-which-arises-from-the-being-together/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

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## More by Eli Siegel

> [There is not one thing that music does which does not say something about how a person should organize himself, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/there-is-not-one-thing-that-music-does-which-does-not-say-something/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [“The most important thing in industry is the person who does the industry, which is the worker…. Labor is the only source of wealth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/the-most-important-thing-in-industry-is-the-person-who-does-the/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [There is a quality of murky grandeur we give ourselves in having our own feelings, recoiling, separate from other things... To feel that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/there-is-a-quality-of-murky-grandeur-we-give-ourselves-in-having-our/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [The purpose of photography is to create an emotion about the world through what has been carefully seen and selected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/the-purpose-of-photography-is-to-create-an-emotion-about-the-world/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [To see the outside world as the same stuff as our most secret or unknown thoughts is a fine necessity...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/to-see-the-outside-world-as-the-same-stuff-as-our-most-secret-or/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/the-world-art-and-self-explain-each-other-each-is-the-aesthetic/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [True individuality is the repose arising from the relation of a self to all it has to do with. Bad individuality has in it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/true-individuality-is-the-repose-arising-from-the-relation-of-a-self/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [“The self can watch itself becoming lazy, or non-watchful; this is an asset that can make both for humor and profound well-being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/the-self-can-watch-itself-becoming-lazy-or-non-watchful-this-is-an/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [One of the things called forth by the Imagist movement in poetry was neatness; and when we say keenness, we mean neatness. A knife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/one-of-the-things-called-forth-by-the-imagist-movement-in-poetry-was/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [Is there in every work of art something which shows reality as one and also something which shows reality as many and diverse? -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/is-there-in-every-work-of-art-something-which-shows-reality-as-one/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [In reality opposites are one; art shows this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/in-reality-opposites-are-one-art-shows-this/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/all-beauty-is-a-making-one-of-opposites-and-the-making-one-of/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [In order to be deep, we sometimes have to cut through and cut apart. That is to be seen in the common phrase, 'Cut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/in-order-to-be-deep-we-sometimes-have-to-cut-through-and-cut-apart/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [The most important thing for you to do is see that in hoping to be affected by other things as fully as possible, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/the-most-important-thing-for-you-to-do-is-see-that-in-hoping-to-be/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

> [Art is a way of showing greater fairness to things than is customary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/art-is-a-way-of-showing-greater-fairness-to-things-than-is-customary/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

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