When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
AGNES MARTINYou must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.
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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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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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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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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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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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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