Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
AGNES MARTINI’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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I think our minds respond to things beyond this world. Take beauty: it’s a very mysterious thing, isn’t it?
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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We all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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