The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
AGNES MARTINI often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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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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