“Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.”
For Agnes Martin, simplicity was not about having less—it was about distilling life to its essence. She removed excess, both in her art and in her life, believing that clarity emerges in the absence of clutter.
She saw simplicity as a discipline—a way to make room for what truly matters.
- Where does simplicity make you uncomfortable? What do you fear might be lost in paring down?
- What’s one thing you’re holding onto (a habit, an object, an expectation) that feels unnecessarily complicated or excessive? What happens if you let it go?