Agnes Martin
Agnes Martin
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"...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth22 March 1912
CityMacklin, Canada
CountryCanada
forever mind perception
My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
mind looks covered
When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts. You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
way born
Doing what you were born to do … That's the way to be happy.
mistake errors track
Of all the pitfalls in our paths and the tremendous delays and wanderings off the track, I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistakes, all that seems like error is not error; and it all has to be done. That which seems like a false step is the next step.
art expectation
The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.
believe
One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.
I think everyone is born 100 percent ego, and after that it's just adjustment.