To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
AGNES MARTINDoing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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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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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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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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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.
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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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