Quotes by Agnes Martin

• 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.
• Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
• 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.
• 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.
• Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life.
• My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.