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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.

Agnes Martin

I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Careful Idea Inaccurate
The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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Artwork Manipulation Material Mind Result State
The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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Devotion Enormous Instead Life Oneself Pitfall Self
Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Born Doing Happy Way
I paint with my back to the world
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Back Paint World
There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Everybody Hint Nature Respond Think
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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Abstract Concrete Definition Expression Form Make Music Subtitle
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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Adult Art Course Night Once Taught Think Thinking
Anything can be painted without representation.
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Anything Painting Representation
I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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Art Beauty Everyone Respond See Way
Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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Artist Artwork Material May Response Theme
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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Art Awareness Beauty Eye Life Mystery Perfection Think
One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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Awareness Idea Memory Mind Musit One Own Perfection
I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Careful Idea Inaccurate
I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.
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Fantastic Like Mistake Seem Wanted
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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Done Error False Next Seem Step

The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.

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