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I worked as a medical illustrator for about ten years. It was not my career ambition; it was a way to finance my addiction to art and support my family.

— Alex Grey High Times interview (2002)

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The Artist is a tiny reflection of the One Creative Spirit that generates and is all realities. God creates the cosmos with love.

The work points to a mystic core of truth at the heart of all wisdom traditions and affirms an integral universal spirituality.

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.

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Mystic Art affirms the holy mystery and the ideals of truth,
goodness and beauty. No other artistic ideal can fulfill the longing
soul like the creation and appreciation of relevant sacred art.

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Art can be a spiritual practice. Not all artists consider this to be true for them, but with the proper motivation and focus, it can be.

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Men accept servility in order to acquire wealth; as if they could acquire anything of their own when they cannot even assert that they belong to themselves.

Étienne de La Boétie Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (1548)

To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

Confucius

The poor, by thinking unceasingly of money, reach the point of losing the spiritual advantages of non-possession, thereby sinking as low as the rich.

Emil Cioran The Trouble With Being Born (1973)

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune, and favor cannot satisfy him.

Jean de La Bruyère Les Caractères (1688)

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