You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
AGNES MARTINAnything can be painted without representation.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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There’s nobody living who couldn’t stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall …. Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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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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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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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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