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The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a state of high functioning, a more than ordinary moment of existence. In such moments activity is inevitable, and whether this activity is with brush, pen, chisel, or tongue, its result is but a by-product of the state, a trace, the footprint of the state.

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Whatever you feel or think your exact state at the exact moment of your brush touching the canvas is in some way registered in that stroke.

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If a certain activity, such as painting, becomes the habitual mode of expression, it may follow that taking up the painting materials and beginning work with them will act suggestively and so presently evoke a flight into the higher state.

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Born: June 24, 1865
Died: July 12, 1929 (aged 64)
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