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

Quote by Mark Tobey

Book:Mark Tobey, art and belief

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Mark Tobey, art and belief

Mark Tobey, Art and Belief is a comprehensive study of the life and art of Mark Tobey, a prominent American painter. The book delves into Tobey's artistic development, examining his unique style and its influence on the American art scene. It also explores his spiritual beliefs and how they shaped his work, providing insight into the deeper meanings behind his paintings. more

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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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“An artist must find his expression closely linked to his individual experience or else follow in the old grooves resulting in lifeless forms.”

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“Reality must be expressed by a physical symbol.”

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“We all feel a separateness; we wish that a drop of water would soften our ego; the world needs a common conscience: agreement... we must concentrate outside ourselves.”

World Needs Feels Wish Water Common Ego Conscience Agreement Drop Of Water Separateness

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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.”

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“At a time when experimentation expresses itself in all forms of life, search becomes the only valid expression of the spirit.”

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“The Cubists used the figure, but they broke it up.”

Used Figures Broke

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“Everybody needs one essential friend.”

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“We have tried to fit man into abstraction, but he does not fit.”

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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.”

Has Beens Two Sex Psychology Storm Confused Strings Advent Isms Cubism

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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.”

Ifs World Should Firsts Seems Humanity Understanding Becoming Periods Members First Time Should Have Discovering Idiom

Author:Mark Tobey