The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
AGNES MARTIN
Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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I paint with my back to the world
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Withdraws and makes itself up again pulls itself together with pride towers with pride rushes forward into imaginary conquest crashes in frustration withdraws with remorse and repentance pulls itself together with new resolution
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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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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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