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Agnes Martin quotes: Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.

Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.

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

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

Agnes Martin quotes: Anything can be painted without representation.

Anything can be painted without representation.

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

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

Agnes Martin quotes: I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.

I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.

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

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

Agnes Martin quotes: What I say is that we're capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.

What I say is that we're capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.

Agnes Martin quotes: One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.

One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.

Agnes Martin quotes: My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

Agnes Martin quotes: I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.

I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.

Agnes Martin quotes: 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?

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 quotes: The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.

The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.

Agnes Martin quotes: That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.

That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.

Agnes Martin quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate.

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

Agnes Martin quotes: It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.

It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.

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

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

Agnes Martin quotes: Doing what you were born to do ... That's the way to be happy.

Doing what you were born to do ... That's the way to be happy.

Agnes Martin quotes: Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.

Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.

Agnes Martin quotes: Fulfill your potential. That's the way to happiness.

Fulfill your potential. That's the way to happiness.

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

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

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

Artwork is a representation of our devotion to life.

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

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

Agnes Martin quotes: The worst thing you can think about when you're working is yourself.

The worst thing you can think about when you're working is yourself.

Agnes Martin quotes: The value of art is in the observer.

The value of art is in the observer.

Agnes Martin quotes: I paint with my back to the world

I paint with my back to the world

Agnes Martin quotes: Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.

Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.

Agnes Martin quotes: Beauty is in the mind, not the eye.

Beauty is in the mind, not the eye.

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

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

Agnes Martin quotes: It's through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.

It's through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.