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.
AGNES MARTINThat which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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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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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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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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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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I paint with my back to the world
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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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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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
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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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