Agnes Martin Quotes About Painting
-
I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect - completely removed in fact - even as we ourselves are.
→ -
My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
→ -
There's nobody living who couldn't stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall .... Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting. Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it .... as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.
→ -
You can't make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can't make a perfect painting.
→ -
The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimise themselves in favour of the ideal. But I just can't. You see, my paintings are not cool. ... I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate.
→ -
My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They're just horizontal lines. There's not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
→
Related Authors
-
Robert Ryman Painter -
Brice Marden Artist -
Frank Stella Painter -
Richard Tuttle Artist -
Eva Hesse Sculptor -
Jasper Johns Artist -
Andy Warhol Artist -
Dan Flavin Artist -
Cy Twombly Painter -
Mark Rothko Artist -
Ad Reinhardt Artist -
Georgia O'Keeffe Artist -
Arne Glimcher Art dealer -
Sol LeWitt Artist -
Donald Judd Artist -
Barnett Newman Artist -
Josef Albers Artist -
Robert Mangold Artist -
Carl Andre Artist -
Ellsworth Kelly Painter