I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
AGNES MARTINI think it’s a response in our minds to perfection. It’s too bad, people not realizing that their minds expand beyond this world.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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I paint with my back to the world
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I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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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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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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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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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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There’s nobody living who couldn’t stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall …. Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting.
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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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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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