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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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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It’s through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.
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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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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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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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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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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 not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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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 used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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