The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
AGNES MARTINAnything can be painted without representation.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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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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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.
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Withdraws and makes itself up again pulls itself together with pride towers with pride rushes forward into imaginary conquest crashes in frustration withdraws with remorse and repentance pulls itself together with new resolution
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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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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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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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