Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
AGNES MARTINWhat 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.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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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.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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