Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
AGNES MARTINThe adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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I paint with my back to the world
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It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself It is like a wave it makes itself up,It rushes forward getting nowhere really it crashes
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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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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
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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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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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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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Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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