When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
AGNES MARTINIt is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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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.
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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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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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