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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.

Agnes Martin

The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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Every Happiness Living Thing Want
This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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Adventurous Artwork Attractiveness Joyful Stremous
The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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Artist Awareness Mind Own State Work
Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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Beauty Eye Life Mind Mystery
It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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Commonly Everything Put Thought Word
I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Careful Idea Inaccurate
I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.
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Art Aware Hope Made Mind Ourself Perfect Perfection
Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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Artist Artwork Material May Response Theme
I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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Art Beauty Everyone Respond See Way
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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Fantastic Like Mistake Seem Wanted
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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Art Himself Kind Pollock Terrific Think Thinking Worry
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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Beyond Expand Mind People Perfection Realizing Response World
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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Done Error False Next Seem Step
I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Careful Idea Inaccurate
Withdraws and makes itself up again pulls itself together with pride towers with pride rushes forward into imaginary conquest crashes in frustration withdraws with remorse and repentance pulls itself together with new resolution
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Conquer Crashes Forward Make Pride Pull Repentance Tower Withdrawl
That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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Art Happiness Inspiration Moment Surprise Take

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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