Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern.
AGNES MARTIN
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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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Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it …. as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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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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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 everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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