My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature. Hans Hofmann
I never was but an isolated bon vivant, which is absurd; or a mystic bon vivant, which is an impossible thing. Fernando Pessoa
A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both. G. K. Chesterton
When you study natural science and the miracles of creation, if you don't turn into a mystic you are not a natural scientist. Albert Hofmann
A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one. Thomas Carlyle
Unwind my riddle. Cruel as hawks the hours fly; Wounded men seldom come home to die; The hard waves see an arm flung high; Scorn hits strong because of a lie; Yet there exists a mystic tie. Unwind my riddle. Stephen Crane