Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
AGNES MARTINWhen I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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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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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 worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
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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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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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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’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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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
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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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When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
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It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself It is like a wave it makes itself up,It rushes forward getting nowhere really it crashes
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Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.
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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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Withdraws and makes itself up again pulls itself together with pride towers with pride rushes forward into imaginary conquest crashes in frustration withdraws with remorse and repentance pulls itself together with new resolution
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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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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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Once he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it.
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Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life
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I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic.
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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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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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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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