My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
AGNES MARTINHappiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an 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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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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 paint with my back to the world
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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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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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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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