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.
AGNES MARTINNature is like parting a curtain, you go into it …. as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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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.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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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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Once he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it.
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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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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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It’s through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.
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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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