It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
AGNES MARTINMy paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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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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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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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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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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What I say is that we’re capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.
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