Excerpt from Morris Graves' Artist Statment

Morris Graves Self Portrait (1910-2001)

" . . . I have learned that art and nature are mind's Environment within which we can detect the essence of man's Being and Purpose, and from which we can draw clues to guide our journey from partial consciousness to full consciousness."

"I paint to evolve a changing language of symbols and language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct us toward ultimate reality."
​—Morris Graves

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