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.
AGNES MARTINWe all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly
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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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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 through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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The artist works by awareness of his own 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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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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We all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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