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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.

Agnes Martin

There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Everybody Hint Nature Respond Think
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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Fact Feet Know Path Truth
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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Closed Everyone Inspiration Mind Realizing Through Time
It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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Commonly Everything Put Thought Word
You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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Acceptable Find Mind Think Thinking
I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.
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Art Aware Hope Made Mind Ourself Perfect Perfection
I paint with my back to the world
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Back Paint World
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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Art Beauty Capable Happy Make Response Thinking Transcendent Transendemt
The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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Every Happiness Living Thing Want
I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Careful Idea Inaccurate
The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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Artist Awareness Mind Own State Work
You can’t make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can’t make a perfect painting.
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Art Mind Painting Perfect Perfection
When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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Covered Look Looking Mind Rubbishy Thought
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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Artist Concern Emphasize Exactly Experience Feet Mind Pursue Relentlessly Same
Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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Fulfill Happiness Potential Way
I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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Adult Art Course Night Once Taught Think Thinking

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