I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
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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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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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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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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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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Anything can be painted without representation.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
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What I say is that we’re capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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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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