“There is no spiritual. There is the concrete and the abstract.” - Agnes Martin

“Inspiration is a command.” - Agnes Martin

“The canvas is an arena in which to act, rather than a space in which to reproduce. Not a picture but an event.” -Harold Rosenberg

"The actual work of art is what the product does with and in experience." - John Dewey

“This is not optimism. It is a rejection of self pity I hope.” - Frank O’Hara

“Neither art nor artist have a moral responsibility to liberal social causes.” - Camille Paglia

“There is no such thing as abstraction. It is extraction, gravitation toward a certain direction, and minding your own business.” - Arthur Dove

“There is no point in being realistic. There is no realism now. Life is not real. It is strange.” - Gertrude Stein

The duty of the artist is to “unleash a state of mind.” - Elaine de Kooning

“I am going to work in order to see myself and free myself.” - Agnes Martin