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"The painting is not on a surface, but on a plane which is imagined. It moves in a mind. It is not there physically at all. It is an illusion, a piece of magic, so that what you see is not what you see."
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"Tomorrow is an illusion suggesting that another chance always exists. It is a dangerously false illusion."
"Magic and miracle they are nothing but manipulation of sight and heart."
"When the wrong belief [of 'I am Chandubhai'] goes away, the inner burning [antar daah, inner suffering] goes away. Inner burning is the result of the illusion [of 'I am Chandubhai']."
"Moha (illusory vision) means new things keep arising, and one indeed sees new things; and he remains engrossed in them."
"Worldly knowledge (laukik gnan) is called illusion (bhranti)."
"She shall scant show well that now shows best."
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"Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation."
"I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? It might be things, thoughts, a memory, sensations, which have nothing to do directly with painting itself. They can come from anything and anywhere."
"Painting and sculpture are very archaic forms. It's the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe."
"In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint?"
"Usually I am on a work for a long stretch, until a moment arrives when the air of the arbitrary vanishes, and the paint falls into positions that feel destined."
"The painting is not on a surface, but on a plane which is imagined. It moves in a mind. It is not there physically at all. It is an illusion, a piece of magic, so that what you see is not what you see."
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