We are part of the world creation, and we ourselves create nothing. Our knowledge allows us to make … - Arshile Gorky

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I doubt if 5% of professing Christians in America are born again-and that's true of England!

Arshile Gorky

We are part of the world creation, and we ourselves create nothing. Our knowledge allows us to make use of all the forces already in existence, our art to interpret emotions already felt. One big war, an epidemic, and we collapse into ignorance and darkness, fit sons of chimpanzees.

Art, Epidemic, Ignorance, War

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I seek a form of language which will express my ideas for our time.

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Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes. . . Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the finite. It is the emancipation of the mind. It is an explosion into unknown areas.

Art, Emancipation, Eye, Men, Unknown

The secret is to throw yourself into the water of life again and again, not to hang back, no reservations, risk everything, but above all strike out boldly with all you have.

Hang, Risk, Secret, Water, Water Of Life

When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness. I never finish a painting - I just stop working on it for a while.

Believe, Finish, Finished, Mean, Painting

I like painting because it's something I never come to the end of. Sometimes I paint a picture, then I paint it all out. Sometimes I'm working on fifteen or twenty pictures at the same time. I do that because I want to - because I like to change my mind so often. The thing to do is always to keep starting to paint, never finishing painting.

Finishing, Keep, Mind, Paint, Twenties, Working