Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
AGNES MARTINBeauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself It is like a wave it makes itself up,It rushes forward getting nowhere really it crashes
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I paint with my back to the world
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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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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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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