Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
AGNES MARTINYou can’t make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can’t make a perfect painting.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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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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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.
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The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
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I paint with my back to the world
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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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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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.
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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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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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