You can’t make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can’t make a perfect painting.
AGNES MARTINThis is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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Once he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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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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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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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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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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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