• It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself It is like a wave it makes itself up, it rushes forward getting nowhere really it crashes, withdraws and makes itself up again pulls itself together with pride towers with pride rushes forward into imaginary conquest crashes in frustration withdraws with remorse and repentance pulls itself together with new resolution

    Agnes Martin: It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego
 because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself
 It is like a wave
 it makes itself up, it rushes forward getting nowhere really
 it crashes, withdraws and makes itself up again
 pulls itself together with pride
 towers with pride
 rushes forward into imaginary conquest
 crashes in frustration
 withdraws with remorse and repentance
 pulls itself together with new resolution
    Agnes Martin, Lawrence Alloway (1973). “Agnes Martin: Exhibition January 22 to March 1, 1973”