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452 Painter Quotes

I've written this to keep from crying. But I am crying, only the tears won't come.

Keep From crying The tears Won't come
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The Way of Mastery is to break all the rules—but you have to know them perfectly before you can do this; otherwise you are not in a position to transcend them.

The way Mastery Break all The rules
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It is the mark of the mind untrained to take its own processes as valid for all men, and its own judgments for absolute truth.

The mark Mind untrained Own processes All men
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Happiness lies within one's self, and the way to dig it out is cocaine.

Happiness lies One's self The way Dig it
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Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales.

Modern morality Manners Natural instincts Keep people
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We must conquer life by living it to the full, and then we can go to meet death with a certain prestige.
Conquer life Living it The full Meet death
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I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.

Content Believe Personal devil Serve him
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The most delicious sensation of all is the re-birth of healthy human love. Spring coming back to Earth!

Delicious sensation Re-birth Human love Spring
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Your friends will notice at once that glib vacuities fail to impress, and hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth it.

Your friends Fail Impress Hate you
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in the absence of will power, the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.

The absence Will power Complete collection Virtues
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For I am divided for love's sake, for the chance of union.

Divided Love's sake The chance Union
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Since all things are God, in all things thou seest just so much of God as thy capacity affordeth thee.

All things Are God Capacity
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I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman.

Can imagine Death bed With lust Next world
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The man who denounces life merely defines himself as the man who is unequal to it.

The man Denounces Life Defines himself
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A man friends are more capable of working him harm than strangers; and his greatest danger lies in his own habits.

A man Friends More capable Working
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The more necessary anything appears to my mind, the most certain it is that I only assert a limitation.

More necessary Anything appears My mind Assert
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This is the Night wherein I'm lost, the Love through which I am no longer

Night The love No longer
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If Power asks why, then is Power weakness.

Power ask Why Weakness
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A red rose absorbs all colors but red; red is therefore the one color that it is not
Red rose Absorbs All colors
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Astrology has no more useful function than this, to discover the inmost nature of a man and to bring it out into his consciousness, that he may fulfill it according to the law of light.

Astrology Useful function Inmost nature Man
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A single ego is an absurdly narrow vantage point from which to view the world.

Single ego Absurdly narrow Vantage point The world
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There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.

No law Beyond do What
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The Great Work is the uniting of opposites. It may mean the uniting of the soul with God, of the microcosm with the macrocosm, of the female with the male, of the ego with the non-ego—or what not.

Great work Uniting Opposite Soul
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Light illuminates the path of humanity: it is our own fault if we go over the brink.
Light illuminate The path Humanity Own fault
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To resist and subdue Nature is to make for one's self a personal and imperishable life: it is to break free from the vicissitudes of Life and Death.

To resist Nature One's self Personal
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Light, Life and Love are like three glow-worms at thy feet: the whole universe of stars, the dewdrops on the grass whereon thou walkest!
Light Life Love Glow worms
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The technical developments of almost every form of wealth [e.g., oil, minerals] are the forebears of Big Business; and Big Business, directly or indirectly, is the immediate cause of War.

Technical developments Every Form of wealth Big Business
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Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass and are done; but there is that which remains.

Remember That existence Pure joy The sorrow
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Love in a night shall live and die, Love in a day shall wing and fly; Love in the Spring shall last an hour, Easily fade a spring-tide flower

Love Night Shall live Die
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When we've all finished talking, there's something that never utters a word, but goes right down through the earth, plumb to the center.

Finished talking There's something Never utters A word
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The man of earth is the adherent. The lover giveth his life unto the work among men. The hermit goeth solitary, and giveth only of his light unto men.

The man Earth The adherent Lover
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Love without philosophizing is like having a quick coffee.

Love Without Philosophizing
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Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.

Ugliness Way Superior Beauty
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I like the night, I have clearer ideas in the dark.

Like Night Ideas Dark
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Everthing Beauty Everyone Sees it
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A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

Woman Smile Beauty Wears
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The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.

Artist Train Eye Soul
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That is beautiful which is produced by the inner need, which springs from the soul.

Beautiful Inner need Springs Soul
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Music is the ultimate teacher.

Music Ultimate Teacher
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There is only one road to follow, that of analysis of the basic elements in order to arrive ultimately at an adequate graphic expression.

Road Analysis Graphic Expression
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Colour is a power which directly influences the soul
Colour Power Influences Soul
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There is no must in art because art is free.

Must Art Free
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To create a work of art is to create the world.

Create Work Art World
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The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip

Nightmare Materialism Universe Soul
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The spirit, like the body, can be strengthened and developed by frequent exercise. Just as the body, if neglected, grows weaker and finally impotent, so the spirit perishes if untended.

Spirit Body Excercise Weaker
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The artist must have something to say, for mastery over form is not his goal but rather the adapting of form to its inner meaning.

Artist Mastery Goal Form
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If you know the enemy and you know yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles

Know Enemy Fear Results
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Color provokes a psychic vibration. Color hides a power still unknown but real, which acts on every part of the human body.

Color Power Real Human body
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Color transmits and translates emotion.

Color Transmits Translates Emotion
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The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal.

Form Clear Direct Appeal
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