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.
AGNES MARTINBeauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
-
-
When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
AGNES MARTIN -
I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
AGNES MARTIN -
I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
AGNES MARTIN -
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.
AGNES MARTIN -
This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
AGNES MARTIN -
I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.
AGNES MARTIN -
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.
AGNES MARTIN -
Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
AGNES MARTIN -
Anything can be painted without representation.
AGNES MARTIN -
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.
AGNES MARTIN -
To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
AGNES MARTIN -
Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
AGNES MARTIN -
I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond
AGNES MARTIN -
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.
AGNES MARTIN -
I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
AGNES MARTIN