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.
AGNES MARTINFulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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I paint with my back to the world
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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What I say is that we’re capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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 used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it …. as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.
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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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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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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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