Anything can be painted without representation.
AGNES MARTINHappiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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There’s nobody living who couldn’t stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall …. Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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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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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your 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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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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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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