Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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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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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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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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 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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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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 artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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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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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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When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.
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