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 MARTINTo progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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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It’s through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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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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You can’t make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can’t make a perfect painting.
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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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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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