I paint with my back to the world
AGNES MARTINI’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimise themselves in favour of the ideal. But I just can’t. You see, my paintings are not cool.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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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When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
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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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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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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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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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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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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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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