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.
AGNES MARTINThis is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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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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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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