Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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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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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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimise themselves in favour of the ideal. But I just can’t. You see, my paintings are not cool.
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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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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.
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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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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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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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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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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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