Sam Francis [1923-1994]
Sam Francis [1923 -1994], 1994
Samuel Lewis Francis
June 25, 1923-November 4, 1994
Time is the swiftest
of all things
darkness covers light
light fills darkness
. . .
Color is born
of the interpenetration
of light and dark
. . .
Color cannot have ever begun and yet lasts forever
. . .
In fact life never goes
forward
In fact death is never at a
standstill
In fact never entirely true
In fact never and always
meet in God
Forward & standstill are in
act in Heaven married.
. . .
Imagination is a relationship
in which is forged the word of God
God & man
. . .
The union of Red and Blue has a meaning that
transcends our human understanding. This meaning is
what I mean by the meaning of painting.
. . .
when man leaves God arrives.
. . .
we are an experiment of God
therefore we may experiment
. . .
The role of the artist is to create
the cosmos for man
. . .
painting is my silent wildfire of Bliss.
I am carrying stellar songs about me.
. . .
Nature demands death.
. . .
Painting as an act
of poverty in front
of creation.
. . .
Death has no
surface
only depth
. . .
I paint time
I am ruin rolled
I am rolled
. . .
death is a curve
in harmony with life
. . .
the last words
will be those
of the stars
. . .
comes
death always reverses back-
away from the moving place moving
away from the moving place
life
Death Reverses
Death always comes back
when when
life moves on-
Life proceeds.
in fact life never goes forward
in fact death is never entirely true
in fact never & always & exceptions
meet in God.
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In lieu of flowers, please make donations to:
Samuel L. Francis Art Museums, Inc., Santa Monica, California (a 501 c.3 corporation)
Sam Francis Medical Research Center, Inc., Santa Monica, California (a 501 c.3 corporation)
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