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Quote by Maria Sabina

“There is a world beyond ours, a world that is far away, nearby and invisible.”

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Maria Sabina was a mysterious shaman born in 1888 and died on November 23, 1985. She is considered an important carrier of the Mexican shamanic tradition, known for her ability to communicate with plant spirits. more

“I'm always trying to get to a danger point in color, where color either becomes too sweet or it becomes too harsh, it becomes too noisy or too quiet, and at that point I still want the picture to be strong, forceful, and the carrier of everything that a painting has to have: contrast, drama, austerity.”

Want Trying Stills Strong Danger Color Painting Sweet Drama Quiet Contrast Harsh Always Trying Noisy Carrier Austerity

Author:Wolf Kahn

“People mistakenly think that art is about nature, or about an artists feelings about nature. It is instead a path of enlightenment and pleasure, one of many paths, where nature and the artists feelings are merely raw material.”

People Thinking Art Feelings Artist Pleasure Path Materials Enlightenment Art Is Raw Materials Many Paths

Author:Wolf Kahn

“In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint?”

Knows Made Desire Color Painting Paint

Book:Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations

Source: Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations

“Painting and sculpture are very archaic forms. It's the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe.”

Heart Hands Form Individual Left Imagination Brain Painting Sculpture

Book:Philip Guston, 1975-1980: Private and Public Battles

Source: Philip Guston, 1975-1980: Private and Public Battles

“To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.”

Paint Possessing

Book:Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations

Source: Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations

“Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see.”

Pieces Magic Painting Illusion

Book:Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations

Source: Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations

“No good to paint in the head - what happens is what happens when you put the paint down - you can only hope that you are alert - ready - to see. What joy it is for paint to become a thing - a being. Believe in this miracle - it is your only hope. To will this transformation is not possible. Only a slow maturation can prepare the hand and eye to become quicker than ever. Ideas about art don't matter. They collapse anyway in front of the painting.”

Believe Art Ideas Matter Hands Happens Eye Joy Fronts Painting Ready Miracle Transformation Paint Collapse

Author:Philip Guston

“Frustration is one of the great things in art. Satisfaction is nothing.”

Art Satisfaction Great Things Frustration

Book:Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations

Source: Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations

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