The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.
From Agnes Martin
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.
The value of art is in the observer.
One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.
Artwork is a representation of our devotion to life.
When I first made a grid, I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees, and then a 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.'
To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like. Give up doing the things that you do not like to do. You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
I don't think the way to succeed is by doing something aggressive. Aggression is weak-minded.
Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
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