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
AGNES MARTINI’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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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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Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it …. as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.
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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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I think our minds respond to things beyond this world. Take beauty: it’s a very mysterious thing, isn’t it?
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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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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