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.
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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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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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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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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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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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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What I say is that we’re capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.
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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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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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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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