Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
AGNES MARTINOnce he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it.
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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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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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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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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We all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly
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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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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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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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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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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