That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
AGNES MARTINWhat 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.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the 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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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
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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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I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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You can’t make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can’t make a perfect painting.
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