What we really want to do is serve happiness. We want everyone to be happy, never unhappy even for a moment. We want the animals to be happy.
AGNES MARTINAny material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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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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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.
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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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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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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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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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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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