Agnes Martin Quotes

"Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings."
- Agnes Martin
(Related: Art, 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."
- Agnes Martin
(Related: Experience, Truth, Artist, Concern, May)

"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
(Related: Art, Beauty, Life, Awareness, Eye, Mind, Mystery, Perfection)

"Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life."
- Agnes Martin
(Related: Happiness, Life, Being)

"My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind."
- Agnes Martin
(Related: Mind)