“The truth is that I have lived on an even keel. I don't go down, and I don't go up. I believe in living above the line. Above the line is happiness and love, you know. Below the line is all sadness and destruction and unhappiness. And I don't go down below the line for anything.”

— Agnes Martin

after 2000, Agnes Martin: Between the Lines', 2002

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American artist 1912–2004

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