There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
AGNES MARTINWhen 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.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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I think our minds respond to things beyond this world. Take beauty: it’s a very mysterious thing, isn’t it?
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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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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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 think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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.
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