You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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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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 worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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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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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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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.
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When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
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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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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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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