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“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”

Quote by Agnes Martin

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Agnes Martin was a Canadian-born American painter known for her minimalist abstract works. Her paintings are characterized by fine lines and serene tones, reflecting her spiritual philosophy and profound understanding of nature. Martin's artistic career spanned half a century, and her works have had a profound impact on contemporary art. more

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“I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic. One must see the ideal in one's own mind. It is like a memory - an awareness -of perfection.”

Mind Art Memories Awareness Ideals Tradition Perfection Chinese Greek Representing Egyptian Eclectic Classical Art

Author:Agnes Martin

“I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.”

Author:Agnes Martin

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

Ifs Thinking Mind Littles Perfect Comfortable Paint Tranquility

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

Mind Eye Mystery Mystery Of Life

Book:Agnes Martin: the islands

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“I strive to express the spiritual nature of the Universe. Painting for me is a dynamic balance and wholeness of life; it is mysterious and transcending, yet solid and real.”

Real Spiritual Universe Painting Balance Strive Mysterious Wholeness Transcending Spiritual Nature

Book:Transcending Abstraction: Richard Pousette-Dart, Paintings 1939-1985

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“It is the mysterious that I love in painting. It is the stillness and the silence. I want my pictures to take effect very slowly, to obsess and to haunt.”

Want Silence Effects Painting Mysterious Stillness

Book:William Baziotes: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1952-1961 : 7 March-31 March, 1984

Source: William Baziotes: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1952-1961 : 7 March-31 March, 1984

“One hundred artists introduce us to one hundred worlds.”

World Artist Hundred Introducing

Author:William Baziotes

“I have a lot of sympathy with the ideas and frustration of the Occupy movement. I absolutely agree with the sense that Wall Street has brought an economic calamity to the middle class and that no one has been held accountable.”

Has Beens Ideas Class Economic Streets Middle Movement Wall Agree Frustration Middle Class Calamity Occupy Movement

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“It is not enough to profess faith in the democratic process; we must do something about it.”

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“Only a few years ago did it suddenly dawn on me that my existential fear regarding my nation’s future and my moral outrage regarding my nation’s occupation policy are not unconnected. On the one hand, Israel is the only nation in the West that is occupying another people. On the other hand, Israel is the only nation in the West that is existentially threatened. Both occupation and intimidation make the Israeli condition unique. Intimidation and occupation have become the two pillars of our condition.”

Source: My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel