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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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What I say is that we’re capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.
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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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
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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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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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 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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What we really want to do is serve happiness. We want everyone to be happy, never unhappy even for a moment. We want the animals to be happy.
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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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