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.
AGNES MARTINIt is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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 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 adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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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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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.
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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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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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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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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