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.
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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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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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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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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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