Anything can be painted without representation.
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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.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin 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 MartinAgnes Martin Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin I paint with my back to the world
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it …. as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin 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.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
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