--- title: "2 Outer space Quotes By Mark Tobey" description: "2 Outer space quotes by Mark Tobey. Plus more from Mark Tobey and more Outer space sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/mark-tobey-24950_balanced_the-dimension-that-counts-for-the-creati_1787378.png" --- > [The dimension that counts for the creative person is the space he creates within himself. This inner space is closer to the infinite than the other, and it is the privilege of the balanced mind... and the search for an…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/mark-tobey-24950_balanced_the-dimension-that-counts-for-the-creati_1787378.png) > [The search for an equilibrium is essential for the artist, to be as aware of inner space as he is of outer space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tobey/the-search-for-an-equilibrium-is-essential-for-the-artist-to-be-as/) [Mark Tobey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tobey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/mark-tobey-24950_art_the-search-for-an-equilibrium-is-essenti_2631611.png) ## Other authors on Outer space - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michio-kaku-67732.jpg) Michio Kaku 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/outer-space/michio-kaku/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-margaret-atwood-63354.jpg) Margaret Atwood 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/outer-space/margaret-atwood/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kurt-vonnegut-58049.jpg) Kurt Vonnegut 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/outer-space/kurt-vonnegut/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/outer-space/haruki-murakami/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/outer-space/mark-tobey/#itemlist", "name": "2 Outer space Quotes By Mark Tobey", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The dimension that counts for the creative person is the space he creates within himself. 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