“Sitting on the floor of a room in Japan, looking out on a small garden with flowers blooming and dragonflies hovering in space, I suddenly felt as if I had been too long above my boots.” IfsLongFeltSpaceRoomsWonderFlowerSittingGardenJapanBootsBloomingHoveringBlooming FlowerDragonflies Author:Mark Tobey
“The search for an equilibrium is essential for the artist, to be as aware of inner space as he is of outer space.” ArtistSpaceEssentialsEquilibriumOuter Space Author:Mark Tobey
“The dimension that counts for the creative person is the space he creates within himself. This inner space is closer to the infinite than the other, and it is the privilege of the balanced mind... and the search for an equilibrium is essential - to be as aware of inner space as he is of outer space.” MindPersonsSpaceCreativeEssentialsInfinitePrivilegeDimensionsBalancedSerenityEquilibriumOuter SpaceCreative Person Book:Mark Tobey: Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings and Drawings 1925-1961 Whitechapel Gallery, London 1962 Source: Mark Tobey: Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings and Drawings 1925-1961 Whitechapel Gallery, London 1962
“I am accused often of too much experimentation.., but what else should I do when all other factors of man are in the same condition. I thrust forward into space as science and the rest do.” MenShouldSpaceToo MuchConditionsFactorsShould IAccusedThrustExperimentation Book:Mark Tobey, art and belief Source: Mark Tobey, art and belief
