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.
AGNES MARTINThe adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
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It’s through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.
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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’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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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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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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I think it’s a response in our minds to perfection. It’s too bad, people not realizing that their minds expand beyond this world.
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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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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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