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I think everyone is born 100 percent ego, and after that it's just adjustment.

~Agnes Martin

Topics: Adjustment After Born Ego Everyone Just Percent Think I Think

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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

~Agnes Martin

Topics: Art Concrete Feelings Most Our Representation Subtle

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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.

~Agnes Martin

Topics: Art Awareness Beauty Eye Life Mind Minds Mystery Our Perfection Think I Think

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The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.

~Agnes Martin

Topics: Art Expectation Go Idea Letting Letting Go Main Main Thing Making Often Thing Your

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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.

~Agnes Martin

Topics: Cool Favor Ideal Idealist Just Minimize Paintings See Themselves Want You

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I don't think the way to succeed is by doing something aggressive. Aggression is weak-minded.

~Agnes Martin

Topics: Aggression Aggressive Doing Something Succeed Think Way

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Artwork is a representation of our devotion to life.

~Agnes Martin

Topics: Artwork Devotion Life Our Representation

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The value of art is in the observer.

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Topics: Art Observer Value

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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.'

~Agnes Martin

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

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

~Agnes Martin

Topics: Beam Being Feel Happiness Life Pull

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Artist

Born: March 22nd, 1912

Died: December 16th, 2004

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