I paint with my back to the world
AGNES MARTINI would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic.
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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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A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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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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We all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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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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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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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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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 want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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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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