I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
AGNES MARTINWe all have 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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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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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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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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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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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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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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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 think it’s a response in our minds to perfection. It’s too bad, people not realizing that their minds expand beyond this world.
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