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.
AGNES MARTINArt is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself It is like a wave it makes itself up,It rushes forward getting nowhere really it crashes
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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All that seems like error is not error; and it all has to be done. That which seems like a false step is the next step.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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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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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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