The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
AGNES MARTINI paint with my back to the world
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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 used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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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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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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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.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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I think our minds respond to things beyond this world. Take beauty: it’s a very mysterious thing, isn’t it?
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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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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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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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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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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