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.
AGNES MARTINI 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.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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There’s nobody living who couldn’t stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall …. Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting.
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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 happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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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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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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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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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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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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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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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