"I paint to rest from the phenomena of……" — Morris Graves
"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 inner eye."
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14 Quotes by Morris Graves
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I paint to evoke a changing language of symbols, a language with which to remark upon the qualities of our…
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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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More Essences Quotes
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The One, the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, these are what we call the transcendental attributes of Being, because…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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I would welcome the passing of the idea of philosophy as defined by a method of conceptual analysis. But that…
— Robert Adams
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Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.
— William Shenstone
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It sacrifices people's lives and their essences at the drop of a dimeI had a manager once say to me,…
— Chaka Khan
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Every artist undresses his subject, whether human or still life. It is his business to find essences in surfaces, and…
— Richard Corliss
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I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world - to pronounce it -- and to make notations…
— Morris Graves
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It is amazing that our souls - our eternal essences, with all their hopes and dreams and visions of an…
— Marion Woodman
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Science, incidentally, not only ignores the question of indwelling 'essences' by looking instead at measurable relationships, but science also does…
— Robert Anton Wilson
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In creating a work of art, the psyche or soul of the artist ascends from the earthly realm into the…
— Pavel Florensky
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Humans feel at home in a world of things, whose essences and laws it can grasp and define in terms…
— Etienne Gilson
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The essences of all religions speak of peace, compassion, justice and the interconnection of all life.
— Jo Ann Emerson
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Love songs are one of the great essences of life, the only thing thats lasting.
— George Benson
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