The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
AGNES MARTINThe manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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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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There’s nobody living who couldn’t stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall …. Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting.
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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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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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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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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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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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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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