I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
AGNES MARTINIt 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
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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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.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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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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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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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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