Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
AGNES MARTINI 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.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern.
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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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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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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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