Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
AGNES MARTINThis is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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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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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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I think our minds respond to things beyond this world. Take beauty: it’s a very mysterious thing, isn’t it?
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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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The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimise themselves in favour of the ideal. But I just can’t. You see, my paintings are not cool.
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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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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 artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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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