Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern.
AGNES MARTINThe manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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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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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.
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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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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.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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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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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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