It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself It is like a wave it makes itself up,It rushes forward getting nowhere really it crashes
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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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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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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They’re just horizontal lines.
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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 used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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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.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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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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