There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
AGNES MARTINDoing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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I think our minds respond to things beyond this world. Take beauty: it’s a very mysterious thing, isn’t it?
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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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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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this 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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