That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
AGNES MARTINI’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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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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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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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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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 hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.
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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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