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
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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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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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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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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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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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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