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“White lines in movement symbolize a unifying idea which flows through the compartmented units of life bringing the consciousness of a larger relativity.”

Quote by Mark Tobey

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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. more

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“There has been 32 isms since the advent of cubism, yet after all there are essentially the same two old strings, the Romantic and the Classical. We've just be confused by the storm. Science and psychology have played a great part to say nothing of sex.”

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“Now it seems to me that we are in a universalising period... If we are to have world peace, we should have an understanding of all the idioms of beauty because the members of humanity who have created these idioms of beauty are going to be a part of us. And I would say that we are in a period when we are discovering and becoming acquainted with these idioms for the first time.”

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“But there was escape, too, even in those days, for there was Whistler living in the grey mists with a faded orange moon. The nocturne transformed itself into dreamy rooms with Chopin's music creating a mood that softened the hard core of self.”

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“We look at the mountain to see the painting, then we look at the painting to see the mountain.”

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“My talent lies in the expression of my life and creative power through light, colour and form. As a painter I can convey the essence of life.”

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