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
AGNES MARTINThe happiness of every living thing is what we want.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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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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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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I paint with my back to the world
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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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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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