Agnes Martin Quotes

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.

Agnes Martin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: March 22, 1912 - December 16, 2004

Topics

LifeBeautyArtPerfectionMindEye

That's what we need nowadays, is more children that have goals other than being a sports figure or some kind of celebrity.

Joe Nichols

GoalsChildrenSportsKindCelebrity

The novelist in me is probably hiding behind all the stories I write, looking for ways to connect them and continue the conversation with readers. Maybe I'm writing one long narrative, and each book, however different from the last, is just a chapter.

Joanna Scott

MeWritingLookingBookLongWrite

I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story.

Jesse Eisenberg

ServiceStoryThroughPlayingGoing

Teenagers especially are very, very conscious about what is hip and what is lame and what is square and what is out and what is in, you know. And, I mean, I grew up right there in the middle of a black culture. And I knew dead-on what it was.

Jerry Leiber

CultureBlackYouKnowMeanRight

Rilo Kiley was a rock band, so I wanted my solo records to feel different.

Jenny Lewis

FeelRockBandSoloDifferent

There is no point in being a bond vigilante if you cannot influence governments and central banks by selling bonds.

Jeff Berwick

InfluenceBondYouSellingPoint

I think 'Crouching Tiger' is a genre of its own, and it's extremely well done, and God bless them for it.

Amitabh Bachchan

GodThinkWell DoneTigerDoneOwn

If I'm doing something its coming from a kind heart.

Soulja Boy

HeartDoingKindComingSomething

Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.

Sid Caesar

TruthHumorEndComedyYouLittle

I'm used to everything digital - the pictures, the avatars of the person, the profiles - so when I get to see someone in the flesh, it's really nice.

Michelle Phan

SomeonePicturesPersonNiceDigital

I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much greater preponderance of work then than there is now.

Don Cheadle

WorkBlackNowMoviesRenaissance

Honest talk about the deficit is risky. Voters are more enthusiastic about the abstract notion of deficit reduction than about the painful details of accomplishing it.

Christina Romer

DetailsTalkMoreAbstractPainful

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