Mark Tobey Quotes

Painter

Mark Tobey, an American painter, is renowned for his unique abstract style and color usage. His works blend Eastern philosophy with Western painting techniques, profoundly influencing 20th-century American art.

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“Every artist's problem today is: What will we do with the human?”

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Book:Mark Tobey, art and belief

Source: Mark Tobey, art and belief

“Problems are an important part of maturing--meet them straight on. Work them out. It's like the chick in the egg. It has to break through the eggshell on its own. That's how it gains its first strength. If you break the shell for the chick, you end up with a puny little runt.”

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Book:Mark Tobey, a new look: Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, February 19-March 27, 1988

Source: Mark Tobey, a new look: Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, February 19-March 27, 1988

About the Author

Born: December 11, 1890
Died: April 24, 1976
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 22

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Mark Tobey, a new look: Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, February 19-March 27, 1988Related source material

Mark Tobey: Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings and Drawings 1925-1961 Whitechapel Gallery, London 1962Related source material

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