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Quote by G. I. Gurdjieff

“The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.”

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Georgi Ivanovich Gurdjieff, a Russian mystic and philosopher, passed away on October 29, 1949. He is known for his unique teaching methods and exploration of human potential. more

“I am always sorry for the Puritan, for he guided his life against desire and against nature. He found what he thought was comfort, for he believed the spirit's safety was in negation, but he has never given the world one minute's joy or produced one symbol of the beautiful order of nature. He sought peace in bondage and his spirit became a prisoner.”

World Beautiful Joy Spirit Desire Order Found Given Minutes Comfort Safety Sorry Symbols Prisoner Bondage Puritan One Minute Negation

Book:The Art Spirit

Source: The Art Spirit

“I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul”

Needs Doe Said Soul Artist Heard Provinces

Book:The Art Spirit

Source: The Art Spirit

“In great art there is no beginning and end in point of time. All time is comprehended.”

Art Ends All Time Great Art Beginnings And Ends

Book:The Art Spirit

Source: The Art Spirit

“If a certain activity, such as painting, becomes the habitual mode of expression, it may follow that taking up the painting materials and beginning work with them will act suggestively and so presently evoke a flight into the higher state.”

Ifs May States Certain Painting Expression Materials Higher Activity Flight Evoke Habitual

Book:The Art Spirit

Source: The Art Spirit

“The work of the art student is no light matter. Few have the courage and stamina to think it through. You have to make up your mind to be alone in many ways. We like sympathy and we like to be in company. It is easier than going it alone. But alone one gets acquainted with himself, grows up and on, not stopping with the crowd. It costs to do this. If you succeed somewhat you may have to pay for it as well as enjoy it all your life.”

Ifs Thinking Way Mind Wells May Art Matter Light Grows Enjoy Pay Company Growing Up Students Easier Cost Succeed Crowds Stopping Stamina Make Up Your Mind Art Students

Author:Robert Henri

“In every human being there is the artist, and whatever his activity, he has an equal chance with any to express the result of his growth and his contact with life. I don't believe any real artist cares whether what he does is 'art' or not. Who, after all, knows what art is?”

Knows Believe Humans Doe Art Real Care Artist Growth Chance Human Beings Results Activity Equal Art Is Don't Believe Contact Being There Real Artists

Book:The Art Spirit

Source: The Art Spirit

“An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic.”

Doe Use Artist Imagination Mechanic

Book:The Art Spirit

Source: The Art Spirit

“Art need not be intended. It comes inevitably as the tree from the root, the branch from the trunk, the blossom from the twig. None of these forget the present in looking backward or forward. They are occupied wholly with the fulfillment of their own existence.”

Needs Art Forget Existence Tree Roots Fulfillment Branches Looking Back Trunks Twigs

Author:Robert Henri

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