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

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

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

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

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