My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
AGNES MARTINThe happiness of every living thing is what we want.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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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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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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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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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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It’s through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.
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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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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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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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