I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
AGNES MARTINMy paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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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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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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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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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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I paint with my back to the world
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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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