The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
AGNES MARTINGive up doing the things that you do not like to do.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it …. as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.
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A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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What I say is that we’re capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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