I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
AGNES MARTINAnything can be painted without representation.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of 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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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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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The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimise themselves in favour of the ideal. But I just can’t. You see, my paintings are not cool.
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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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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 have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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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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I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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