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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.

Agnes Martin

Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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Beam Feel Happiness Life Pull
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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Animal Everyone Happiness Really Serve Unhappy Wanted
I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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Learned Mediate Think Thinking Used
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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Art Himself Kind Pollock Terrific Think Thinking Worry
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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Abstract Concrete Definition Expression Form Make Music Subtitle
My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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Forever Mind Painting Perception Seen
It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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Commonly Everything Put Thought Word
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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Art Beauty Capable Happy Make Response Thinking Transcendent Transendemt
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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Conquer Crashes Forward Make Pride Pull Repentance Tower Withdrawl
It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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Art Fact Feeling Happiness Remembering Thinking
Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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Fulfill Happiness Potential Way
I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.
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Art Aware Hope Made Mind Ourself Perfect Perfection
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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Concern Exactly Experience Pursue Relentlessly Same Truth
Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Born Doing Happy Way
When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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Covered Look Looking Mind Rubbishy Thought
The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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Every Happiness Living Thing Want

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