I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.
AGNES MARTINFulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
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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.
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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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