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Agnes Martin [1912-2004] Canadian
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Artist


Agnes Bernice Martin, born in Canada, was an American abstract painter. Often referred to as a minimalist, Martin considered herself an abstract expressionist. Her work has been defined as an "essay in discretion, inwardness and silence".
She was awarded a National Medal of Arts from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1998.

Art, Beauty, Cool, Happiness

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Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life. Happiness
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings. Art
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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind. Art
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I think everyone is born 100 percent ego, and after that it's just adjustment.
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The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea. Art
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The value of art is in the observer. Art
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One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.
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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. Cool
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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. Art, Beauty
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I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate.
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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.'
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My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They're just horizontal lines.
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The worst thing you can think about when you're working is yourself.
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Artwork is a representation of our devotion to life.
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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.
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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.
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I don't think the way to succeed is by doing something aggressive. Aggression is weak-minded.
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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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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?
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