There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
AGNES MARTINWithdraws 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
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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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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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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Once he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it.
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I paint with my back to the world
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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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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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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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