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Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes ... Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the finite. It is the emancipation of the mind. It is an exploration into unknown areas. — Arshile Gorky

Was it possible, she wondered crazily, to prepare for a heart attack? Patty ran her tongue — Stephen King

When, about fifteen years ago, I walked into Arshile's studio for the first time, the atmosphere was so beautiful that I got a little dizzy and when I came to, I was bright enough to take the hint immediately. If the bookkeepers think it necessary to make sure of where things and people came from, well then, I came from 36 Union Square ... I am glad that it is about impossible to get away from his powerful influence. — Willem De Kooning

If Picasso drips, I drip ... For a long while I was with Cezanne, and now I am with Picasso. — Arshile Gorky

Art must always remain earnest ... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one. — Arshile Gorky

Table 3/14 Levels of cholesterol in various European countries in relation to the index of mortality caused by heart disease. It is evident that there is no relation between both curves (source: WHO). — Dr. Dimitris Tsoukalas

I do not paint in front of but from within nature. — Arshile Gorky

If a stranger saying we are "dependable" activates the reward system, imagine what praise from a boss, a parent, or even an unaccomplished slightly older graduate student will do. Of course, we all know that praise is a good thing, as long as it isn't too unconditional, but until very recently, we had no idea that praise taps into the same reinforcement system in the brain that enables cheese to help rats learn to solve mazes. And positive social regard is a renewable resource. Rather than having less of something after using it, when we let others know we value them, both parties have more. — Matthew D. Lieberman

How we lie to ourselves when we've fallen in love with the wrong man. — Julia Alvarez

We are part of the world creation, and we ourselves create nothing. Our knowledge allows us to make use of all the forces already in existence, our art to interpret emotions already felt. One big war, an epidemic, and we collapse into ignorance and darkness, fit sons of chimpanzees. — Arshile Gorky

The eyes of the Armenians speak long before the lips move and long after they cease to. — Arshile Gorky

Author visits are a fun way to engage kids, and encourage reading! — Carmela Dutra

I like painting because it's something I never come to the end of. Sometimes I paint a picture, then I paint it all out. Sometimes I'm working on fifteen or twenty pictures at the same time. I do that because I want to - because I like to change my mind so often. The thing to do is always to keep starting to paint, never finishing painting. — Arshile Gorky

My recollections of Armenia open new visions for me. My art is therefore a growth art where forms, pines, shapes, memories of Armenia germinate, breathe, expand and contract, multiply and thereby create new paths for exploration. — Arshile Gorky

I communicate my innermost perceptions through art. — Arshile Gorky

We hurt most who we love the most. Bad grammar, painful truth. — Andy Stanley

The stuff of thought is the seed of the artist. Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush. As the eye functions as the brain's sentry, I communicate my innermost perceptions through the art, my worldview. — Arshile Gorky

Live each day as if was your last, not in the future, not in the past. You may not get what you want, but, in the long run, you will get what you expect. — Denis Waitley

Make me forget. Make me happy. Make me want this new future more than I want my old past. — J.A. Huss

Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves. — Arshile Gorky

When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness. I never finish a painting - I just stop working on it for a while. — Arshile Gorky

If you want liberation [moksha], you will have to be rid of the duality of 'right-and-wrong'. If you want to attain an auspicious (good) state, then have abhorrence for the 'wrong', and attachment for the 'right'. There is no attachment or abhorrence in the pure state [shuddha]. — Dada Bhagwan

I seek a form of language which will express my ideas for our time. — Arshile Gorky

The secret is to throw yourself into the water of life again and again, not to hang back, no reservations, risk everything, but above all strike out boldly with all you have. — Arshile Gorky

If a painting of mine suits me, it is right. If it does not please me, I care not if all the great masters should approve it or the dealers buy it. They would be wrong. — Arshile Gorky

We need a pharmacological intervention on anti-social behavior or we are not going to get hold of our dilemma. — Terence McKenna

You know how fussy and particular I am in painting. I am ever removing the paint and repainting the spot until I am completely exhausted. — Arshile Gorky

Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush. — Arshile Gorky

CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do "me"? — Ambrose Bierce

Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint. — Arshile Gorky