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
AGNES MARTINHappiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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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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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
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I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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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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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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It’s through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.
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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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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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