The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
AGNES MARTINThe happiness of every living thing is what we want.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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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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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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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What we really want to do is serve happiness. We want everyone to be happy, never unhappy even for a moment. We want the animals to be happy.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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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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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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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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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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