The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
AGNES MARTINI often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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Once he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it.
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You can’t make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can’t make a perfect painting.
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I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.
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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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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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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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There’s nobody living who couldn’t stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall …. Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting.
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A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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