I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic.
AGNES MARTINI think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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What I say is that we’re capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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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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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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