The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimise themselves in favour of the ideal. But I just can’t. You see, my paintings are not cool.
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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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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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 often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.
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I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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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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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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