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Some things fail and others succeed. Well, then you get quite desperate, and you think: 'I am going to work and work and I'm not going to have any failures.' But then you find out that failures are inevitable; you can't even draw a straight line, you know that.

— Agnes Martin

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When I cover the square surface with rectangles, it lightens the weight of the square. Destroys its power.

..the function of art work is.. ..the renewal of memories of moments of perfection.

To live truly and effectively the idea of achievement must be given up. Put unsentimental piety first, turn your back on the world, and get on with it.

I am staying unsettled and trying not to talk for three years. I want to do it very much.

Inspiration comes from a clear mind. Right straight through. We have nothing to do with it.

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