I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
AGNES MARTINMy paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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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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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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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Withdraws and makes itself up again pulls itself together with pride towers with pride rushes forward into imaginary conquest crashes in frustration withdraws with remorse and repentance pulls itself together with new resolution
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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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You can’t make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can’t make a perfect painting.
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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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When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.
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What we really want to do is serve happiness. We want everyone to be happy, never unhappy even for a moment. We want the animals to be happy.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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