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Agnes Martin58 quotes“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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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin 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.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin 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.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin We all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin 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.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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