What we really want to do is serve happiness. We want everyone to be happy, never unhappy even for a moment. We want the animals to be happy.
AGNES MARTINThere’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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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.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimise themselves in favour of the ideal. But I just can’t. You see, my paintings are not cool.
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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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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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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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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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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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