That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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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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I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.
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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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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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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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I think our minds respond to things beyond this world. Take beauty: it’s a very mysterious thing, isn’t it?
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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