I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.
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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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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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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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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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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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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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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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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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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 adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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