"A mature artist is at the same time……" — Jean Helion
"A mature artist is at the same time aware of the futility of his achievement and the validity of the pursuit."
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11 Quotes by Jean Helion
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I understand abstract art as an attempt to feed imagination with a world built through the basic sensations of the…
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A harmonious combination... enough abstraction that the image is sustained by the eye; enough reality that it is sustained by…
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You don't dream about angles and surfaces and so on. You dream about women, bread, smokes and trees.
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All each ism does, in its revolt against the inadequacy of the previous one, is to thoroughly upset the order…
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Imaginations blossom amidst memories. One judiciously separates them - but is there really any point in that? Doesn't truth suffer…
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The image gets built one way or another... it doesn't get done by following the natural order of things, but…
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Paul Klee seems to handle colors and dreams as if they both came out of a box of children's toys.…
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Sometimes when looking through my pile of drawings, I find an image that... awakens in me a passionate desire to…
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Art is, from any point of view, the greatest of risks.
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No doubt, in complete abstraction one has a feeling of a great shock, if not an explosion, and in approaching…
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More Achievement Quotes
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go…
— Neil Armstrong
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
— Marcus Aurelius
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
— Irving Babbitt
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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
— Christian Bale
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Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how…
— Albert Bandura
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
— Samuel Adams
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow
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You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
— Irving Berlin
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