I paint with my back to the world
AGNES MARTINThere’s nobody living who couldn’t stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall …. Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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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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It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself It is like a wave it makes itself up,It rushes forward getting nowhere really it crashes
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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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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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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