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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.

Agnes Martin

That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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Art Happiness Inspiration Moment Surprise Take
I paint with my back to the world
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Back Paint World
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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Conquer Crashes Forward Make Pride Pull Repentance Tower Withdrawl
Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern.
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Abstract Art Beauty Happiness Perfect Pervasive Sublime Unattached
The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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Devotion Enormous Instead Life Oneself Pitfall Self
The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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Artist Awareness Mind Own State Work
I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.
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Fantastic Like Mistake Seem Wanted
One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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Awareness Idea Memory Mind Musit One Own Perfection
The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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Every Happiness Living Thing Want
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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Animal Everyone Happiness Really Serve Unhappy Wanted
I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic.
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Art Classical Memories Perfection Tradition
You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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Acceptable Find Mind Think Thinking
The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimise themselves in favour of the ideal. But I just can’t. You see, my paintings are not cool.
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Favour Idea Idealist Minimalist Minimise Themselves Want
What I say is that we’re capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.
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Art Beauty Capable Happy Make Response Thinking Transcendent Transendemt
It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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Commonly Everything Put Thought Word
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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Art Awareness Beauty Eye Life Mystery Perfection Think

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