Agnes Martin Quotes

Agnes Martin

Canadian Artist

Born: Mar 22, 1912

Died: Dec 16, 2004

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The value of art is in the observer. Agnes Martin

Art Value Observer

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

Art Feelings Our Most Concrete Representation Subtle

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? Agnes Martin

Happiness Morning You Happy People Wake Up Feeling Painting Say Like Look Makes Goal Wake Up Them Who

You can't make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can't make a perfect painting. Agnes Martin

You Painting Our Minds See Perfect Perfection Make

Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life. Agnes Martin

Happiness Life Beam Feel Being Pull

I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate. Agnes Martin

Ideas Because Very Inaccurate Careful

Artwork is a representation of our devotion to life. Agnes Martin

Life Our Devotion Representation Artwork

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.' Agnes Martin

Vision Mind Thought Made First Satisfied Thinking Innocence Trees Still Came Happened Grid Then Painted

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

Truth Experience Relentlessly Response Must Exactly Exactly What Pursue He Know Concern Material Same Any Artist May Artwork Theme Used

My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They're just horizontal lines. Agnes Martin

Horizontal Lines Just Certainly Paintings

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