Agnes Martin Quotes

Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork... we all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life.
My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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.
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.
Artwork is a representation of our devotion to life.
I don't think the way to succeed is by doing something aggressive. Aggression is weak-minded.
I think everyone is born 100 percent ego, and after that it's just adjustment.
I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate.
My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They're just horizontal lines.
One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.
People who look at my painting say that it makes them happy, like the feeling when you wake up in the morning. And happiness is the goal, isn't it?
The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.
The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimize themselves in favor of the ideal... But I just can't. You see, my paintings are not cool.
The value of art is in the observer.
The worst thing you can think about when you're working is yourself.
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.'
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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Agnes Martin
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BirthDate
22 March, 1912
DeathDate
16 December, 2004
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Canada
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