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.
AGNES MARTINIt is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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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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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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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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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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