Agnes Martin, Falling Blue

Agnes Martin, Falling Blue, 1963, oil and graphite on canvas, 71 7/8 in. x 72 in.

“When people go to the ocean, they like to see it all day. . . . There’s nobody living who couldn’t stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall. It’s a simple experience, you become lighter and lighter in weight, and you wouldn’t want anything else. Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting. Nature is like a curtain; you go into it. I want to draw a certain response like this. . . . Not a specific response but that quality of response from people when they leave themselves behind, often experienced in nature––an experience of simple joy. . . the simple, direct going into a field of vision as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.”

— Agnes Martin, at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1992.

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