It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
AGNES MARTINThe manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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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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I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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What we really want to do is serve happiness. We want everyone to be happy, never unhappy even for a moment. We want the animals to be happy.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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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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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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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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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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