Mark Tobey Quotes

Two men dressed in white jeans with white caps on their heads.. ..climbing over a large sign of white letters. Of course, the words spell something, but that is unimportant. What is important is their white, and the white of the letters.

I am accused often of too much experimentation.. ..but what else should I do when all other factors of man are in the same condition. I thrust forward into space as science and the rest do.

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

The root of all religions, from the Baha'i point of view, is based on the theory that man will gradually come to understand the unity of the world and the oneness of mankind. It teaches that all the prophets are one – that science and religion are the two great powers which must be balanced if man is to become mature. I feel my work has been influenced by these beliefs. I've tried to decentralize and interpenetrate so that all parts of a painting are of related value.

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

Reality must be expressed by a physical symbol.

I have sought a unified world in my work and use a movable vortex to achieve it.