We look at the mountain to ...

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

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We have tried to fit man into abstraction, but he does not fit.
 Mark Tobey
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.
 Mark Tobey
White lines in movement symbolize a unifying idea which flows through the compartmented units of life bringing the consciousness of a larger relativity.
 Mark Tobey
I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.
 Mark Tobey