Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
AGNES MARTINPollock 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.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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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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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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I paint with my back to the world
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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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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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I think it’s a response in our minds to perfection. It’s too bad, people not realizing that their minds expand beyond this world.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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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.
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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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Once he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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