They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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There’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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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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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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I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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There’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.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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We all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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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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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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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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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