It is to aid in making the arts operative rather than only positively or negatively pleasurable... it is to paint a record, in so far as I am increasingly capable, of man's deepst capacities... I seek to paint of how… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
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… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
It may not always be obvious at first, but I think that everyone can make a valuable contribution if only they put their minds… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
It takes waking prayer and working prayer and going to bed in prayer each day with increasing dedication. I must be the best person… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
I am able to make a contribution... Let me repeat my convictions, I can make a contribution to American painting. — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
I paint to evoke a changing language of symbols, a language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
You must first realize the thing completely in your mind. Then grasp the brush, fix your attention so that you see clearly what you… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
An artist is a prophet and seer, not a paint craftsman or design maker, or reporter or entertainer... the artist has the superiorly searching… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
Such compositions, line and color ideas, such wonders come into my mind and have stuck! - They will this time be dismissed only by… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
The painting cannot be laid aside even for a day; for it takes constant work to keep 'flowing,' but above that it takes concentration,… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
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… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
It is to aid in making the arts operative rather than only positively or negatively pleasurable... it is to paint a record, in so… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
The artists of Asia have spiritually realized form, rather than aesthetically invented or imitated form, and from them I have learned that art and… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
