They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
AGNES MARTINAnything can be painted without representation.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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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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You can’t make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can’t make a perfect painting.
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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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It’s through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.
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