Eugene J. Martin Quotes

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There are opposing forces in all living things. My work reflects this and stirs up a contrast of emotions in the viewer... perception versus annoyance. To the viewer who has reached that level of awareness, my work is no longer abstract, but very real.

Eugene J. Martin

MUSEUM
They came, they looked, they walked
their eyes wide open
they didn't see
because their minds were closed

Their eyes wide open
they didn't know they couldn't see
because their minds were closed;
so they looked, and left.

Eugene J. Martin

There are lesser people not for what they are, but for why they are.

Eugene J. Martin

When making a commitment, make it not to someone, but of someone to yourself.

Eugene J. Martin

Technology has not advanced because people are starved for instruments to make a better civilization, but because they are starved for entertainment – technology is still mostly a toy factory for grown-ups.

Eugene J. Martin

People have learned to escape reality very well but too often lose their way back.

Eugene J. Martin

While traveling our separated roads through life, we are also either road signs or potholes on the roads of others.

Eugene J. Martin

Because of guilt there is painful diversion; because of greed there is playful diversion; because of grass there is pleasurable diversion.

Eugene J. Martin