Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
AGNES MARTINThat which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
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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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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’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it …. as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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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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