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Quotes by Agnes Martin - (7 quotes)

Agnes Martin - From the Adventure category:

The adventurous state of mind is a high house... The joy of adventure is unaccountable. This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful. (Agnes Martin)

Agnes Martin - From the Emotion category:

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings. (Agnes Martin)

Agnes Martin - From the Imagination category:

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind. (Agnes Martin)

Agnes Martin - From the Inspiration category:

Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not. (Agnes Martin)

Agnes Martin - From the Subject category:

Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern. They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art. (Agnes Martin)

Agnes Martin - From the Theme category:

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. (Agnes Martin)

Agnes Martin - From the Thought category:

When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts. You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work. (Agnes Martin)