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.
AGNES MARTINThis is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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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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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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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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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 manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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I 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.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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