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I don't think the way to succeed is by doing something aggressive. Aggression is weak-minded.


Agnes Martin

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AGNES OBEL The orchestral or symphonic music never interested me.
AGNES OBEL What I discovered in Berlin was this immense freedom because it felt like you could start any kind o...
AGNES OBEL Sometimes I feel like a melody doesn't have anything to do with me, but it's just something ...
AGNES OBEL The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You...
AGNES OBEL I've heard from other artists that people are a little bit more reserved in Northern Europe, whi...
AGNES OBEL I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there aren't r...
AGNES OBEL I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration.
AGNES OBEL The need we have for information is great, and we get it from many admirable sources. The need we ha...
AGNES GUND I own works by women artists; it is hard for me to see, literally to see, how women and men differ i...
AGNES GUND Most of the art I have is more on the beautiful side than the violent or disturbing side.
AGNES GUND I'm hoping someday that we'll be able to start a consortium with places like Carnegie Hall t...
AGNES GUND Recycling old buildings to show art is very important.
AGNES GUND However dark, however demanding the realities of existence are, artists provide the lift, the light,...
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