Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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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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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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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I think it’s a response in our minds to perfection. It’s too bad, people not realizing that their minds expand beyond this world.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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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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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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