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.
AGNES MARTINI’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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There’s nobody living who couldn’t stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall …. Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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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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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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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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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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