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.
AGNES MARTINOne must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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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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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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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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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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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