What I say is that we’re capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.
AGNES MARTINThe manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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 think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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 used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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 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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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I paint with my back to the world
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