When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.
AGNES MARTINWhen you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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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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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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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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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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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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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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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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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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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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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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