Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
AGNES MARTINI think our minds respond to things beyond this world. Take beauty: it’s a very mysterious thing, isn’t it?
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern.
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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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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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All that seems like error is not error; and it all has to be done. That which seems like a false step is the next step.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself It is like a wave it makes itself up,It rushes forward getting nowhere really it crashes
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimise themselves in favour of the ideal. But I just can’t. You see, my paintings are not cool.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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I think it’s a response in our minds to perfection. It’s too bad, people not realizing that their minds expand beyond this world.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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