They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
AGNES MARTIN
AGNES MARTIN
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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin I think it’s a response in our minds to perfection. It’s too bad, people not realizing that their minds expand beyond this world.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin We all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin 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.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
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