To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
AGNES MARTINHappiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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.
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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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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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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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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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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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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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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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