I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
AGNES MARTINInspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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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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I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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I paint with my back to the world
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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