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.
Arshile Gorky (via drawpaintprint)

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    Caveat: Beginning writers & poets, please do not confuse this statement on “abstraction” (which, indeed, offers a...
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    — Arshile Gorky