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 MARTINThe worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself It is like a wave it makes itself up,It rushes forward getting nowhere really it crashes
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I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.
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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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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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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 want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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