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Through these soul-stirring words, Sri Chinmoy encourages artists not to remain with the little satisfaction they derive from their creation but to seek infinite satisfaction in a glimpse of God, the Source. On another occasion he wrote:

The sooner you can see the Source, the happier you will be. Always we have to try to see the reality in its pristine form. If we see the Source, then naturally we will get infinite joy and infinite satisfaction. Before that, we will get a little satisfaction, and this little satisfaction will remind us of the infinite Satisfaction. But that infinite Satisfaction is found only in the Author of all-God the Artist Supreme, the Painter Supreme, the Singer Supreme, the Musician Supreme, who is the Source of everything.[43]

This re-orientation of art towards a spiritual goal does not lead to a peremptory dismissal of technique. On the contrary, Sri Chinmoy upholds the ideal of excellent technique provided that it is united with genuine artistic inspiration:

"Technique and art are both very important and very closely connected to one another. In art, technique is the body and artistic inspiration in art is the soul. In life, if you have the body's perfection and the soul's revelation that is best. But of the two the soul is more important. Technique helps the soul of art to manifest itself but without the spark of inspiration, art is hollow. 11 it is just technique, art is nothing. if you don't have technique now, in ten years you can learn technique. But if you don't have the soul, it is and will remain in you a barren desert. This is the trouble with many artists. They have technique but their artistic vision is lacking.[44]"

Wassily Kandinsky demonstrates a corresponding belief:

"The artist must have something to say, for mastery over form is not his goal but rather the adapting or form to its inner meaning. That is beautiful which is produced by the inner need, which springs from the Soul."[45]