"I paint to evoke a changing language of……" — Morris Graves
"I paint to evoke a changing language of symbols, a language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct us towards the ultimate reality."
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Morris Graves
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14 Quotes by Morris Graves
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I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world - to pronounce it -- and to make notations…
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Such compositions, line and color ideas, such wonders come into my mind and have stuck! - They will this time…
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You must first realize the thing completely in your mind. Then grasp the brush, fix your attention so that you…
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I am able to make a contribution... Let me repeat my convictions, I can make a contribution to American painting.
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The painting cannot be laid aside even for a day; for it takes constant work to keep 'flowing,' but above…
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The artists of Asia have spiritually realized form, rather than aesthetically invented or imitated form, and from them I have…
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It is to aid in making the arts operative rather than only positively or negatively pleasurable... it is to paint…
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It takes waking prayer and working prayer and going to bed in prayer each day with increasing dedication. I must…
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I love and in a way need, a private secret place. It's a kind of deep obsession, but I also…
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It may not always be obvious at first, but I think that everyone can make a valuable contribution if only…
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An artist is a prophet and seer, not a paint craftsman or design maker, or reporter or entertainer... the artist…
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I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world-to pronounce and to make notations of its essences with…
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More Capacities Quotes
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Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication…
— Lois Capps
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Organs, faculties, powers, capacities, or whatever else we call them; grow by use and diminish from disuse, it is inferred…
— Herbert Spencer
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Man has risen, not fallen. He can choose to develop his capacities as the highest animal and to try to…
— George Gaylord Simpson
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The problem that has no name-which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full…
— Betty Friedan
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Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching…
— Hugh Mackay
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Dreaming illustrates your hidden capacities and your unawakened ability.
— Peter J. Daniels
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As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than there is wrong, no matter how ill…
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
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After years of telling corporate citizens to 'trust the system,' many companies must relearn instead to trust their people -…
— Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary…
— Eric Hoffer
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Everyone has huge creative capacities. The challenge is to develop them. A culture of creativity has to involve everybody, not…
— Ken Robinson
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Helping people to connect with their personal creative capacities is the surest way to release the best they have to…
— Ken Robinson
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People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom…
— Eric Hoffer
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