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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

Agnes Martin

When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
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First Grid Happenedm Innocense Made Mind Satisfy Think Thinking Tree
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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Abstract Art Beauty Happiness Perfect Pervasive Sublime Unattached
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
It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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Commonly Everything Put Thought Word
Withdraws and makes itself up again pulls itself together with pride towers with pride rushes forward into imaginary conquest crashes in frustration withdraws with remorse and repentance pulls itself together with new resolution
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Conquer Crashes Forward Make Pride Pull Repentance Tower Withdrawl
The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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Think Thinking Working Worst Yourself
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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Animal Everyone Happiness Really Serve Unhappy Wanted
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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Art Mind Painting Perfect Perfection
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
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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Fact Feet Know Path Truth
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
I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Careful Idea Inaccurate
I paint with my back to the world
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Back Paint World
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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Art Himself Kind Pollock Terrific Think Thinking Worry
I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Careful Idea Inaccurate
The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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Every Happiness Living Thing Want

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