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.
AGNES MARTINArt is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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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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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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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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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I paint with my back to the world
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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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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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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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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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