Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern.
AGNES MARTINBeauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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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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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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The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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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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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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The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimise themselves in favour of the ideal. But I just can’t. You see, my paintings are not cool.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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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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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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