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 MARTINI 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.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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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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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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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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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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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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