Art Quote by Agnes Martin Download Open image “That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.” — Agnes Martin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Happiness Inspiration Moments Moments of happiness Surprise
Inspiration is the gift of those who have experienced life at its most defined moments, — Sasha Azevedo Copy Share Image
Love is a constant source of inspiration, surprise, and wonderment. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Inspiration quite frequently arrives as a surprise. The key is being open to it. — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
The joy of living, its beauty, is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I testify that inspiration can be the spring for every person's hope, guidance, and strength. It is one of the magnified treasures of life.… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“My research had revealed that challenge and novelty are key elements to happiness. The brain is stimulated by surprise, and successfully dealing with an… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“Inspiration The beautiful thing about inspiration is that we can live our everyday life with more courage and generosity.” — Amar Ochani Copy Share Image
I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was… — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
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… — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
The adventurous state of mind is a high house... The joy of adventure is unaccountable. This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous,… — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective. — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
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… — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts. You have to penetrate these and hear what… — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
I think everyone is born 100 percent ego, and after that it's just adjustment. — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
When I first made a grid, I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees, and then a grid came into my mind… — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image