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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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself It is like a wave it makes itself up,It rushes forward getting nowhere really it crashes
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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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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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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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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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