I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.
AGNES MARTINThe artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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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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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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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I paint with my back to the world
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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 enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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