Eugene J. Martin Quotes

Eugene James Martin

was an African-American visual artist.

✵ 24. July 1938 – 1. January 2005
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Famous Eugene J. Martin Quotes

“Just as feelings grow out of ignorance, intuition should grow out of knowledge.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

Eugene J. Martin Quotes about people

“People have learned to escape reality very well but too often lose their way back.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

“People fight not because they disagree, but because they don’t know they agree.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

Eugene J. Martin Quotes

“Truth rides best In that which looks ridiculous.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

“The words “human nature” can be the greatest obstacle to human growth.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

“There are opposing forces in all living things. My work reflects this and stirs up a contrast of emotions in the viewer… perception versus annoyance. To the viewer who has reached that level of awareness, my work is no longer abstract, but very real.”

Direct Art Magazine, "In Memoriam - Eugene James Martin", Fall-Winter 2006,Vol. 13, p. 86, http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist/details.php?id=791 and http://afonline.artistsspace.org/view_artist.php?aid=3883

“Defensive thinkers best defend themselves from knowing who they are.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

“There are lesser people not for what they are, but for why they are.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

“Money inspires activity, not honesty.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

“Sometimes when you feed on another’s word you must eat it like a banana – you peel it first.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

“When making a commitment, make it not to someone, but of someone to yourself.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

“All things – great, small, good, bad, friend, enemy—should be a lesson, not an obsession.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

“The bird of truth would not be able to fly if it weren't for the air of lies we breathe.”

from E.J. Martin's website at http://morayeel.louisiana.edu/ejMARTIN/ejMARTIN-artist.html

“One solution to one problem makes two problems.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

“In order to stay clear of pain, we must know and know why we feel best while having pain.”

Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978

“Can someone eat the fruit that comes from the tree of action that grows from the seeds of your mind?”

from E.J. Martin's website at http://morayeel.louisiana.edu/ejMARTIN/ejMARTIN-artist.html and http://www.neoimages.net/statement.aspx?id=1312

“If you seek just a little truth, as most, you should not ignore abstract forms, the basis from which all short-lived experiences we call reality springs.”

Direct Art Magazine, "In Memoriam - Eugene James Martin", Fall-Winter 2006, Vol. 13, p. 87; also http://www.artnet.com/awc/eugene-j-martin.html and http://morayeel.louisiana.edu/ejMARTIN/ejMARTIN-artist.html

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