Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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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 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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Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it …. as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.
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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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I paint with my back to the world
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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