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.
AGNES MARTINDoing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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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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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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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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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is 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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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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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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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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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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