The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
AGNES MARTINWhen you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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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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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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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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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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All that seems like error is not error; and it all has to be done. That which seems like a false step is the next step.
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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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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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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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When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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