The painting cannot be laid aside even for a day; for it takes constant work to keep 'flowing,' but above that it takes concentration, which in our language is consecration.
It takes waking prayer and working prayer and going to bed in prayer each day with increasing dedication. I must be the best person that I am able to… - Morris Graves
It takes waking prayer and working prayer and going to bed in prayer each day with increasing dedication. I must be the best person that I am able to…
- Morris Graves
It may not always be obvious at first, but I think that everyone can make a valuable contribution if only they put their minds to it. - Morris Graves
It may not always be obvious at first, but I think that everyone can make a valuable contribution if only they put their minds to it.
I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world - to pronounce it -- and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the inner ey… - Morris Graves
I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world - to pronounce it -- and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the inner ey…
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 be with friends and the two things often… - Morris Graves
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 be with friends and the two things often…
An artist is a prophet and seer, not a paint craftsman or design maker, or reporter or entertainer... the artist has the superiorly searching percept… - Morris Graves
An artist is a prophet and seer, not a paint craftsman or design maker, or reporter or entertainer... the artist has the superiorly searching percept…
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 increas… - Morris Graves
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 increas…
I am able to make a contribution... Let me repeat my convictions, I can make a contribution to American painting. - Morris Graves
I am able to make a contribution... Let me repeat my convictions, I can make a contribution to American painting.
You must first realize the thing completely in your mind. Then grasp the brush, fix your attention so that you see clearly what you wish to paint; st… - Morris Graves
You must first realize the thing completely in your mind. Then grasp the brush, fix your attention so that you see clearly what you wish to paint; st…
The artists of Asia have spiritually realized form, rather than aesthetically invented or imitated form, and from them I have learned that art and na… - Morris Graves
The artists of Asia have spiritually realized form, rather than aesthetically invented or imitated form, and from them I have learned that art and na…
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