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Artists tend to be beyond embarrassment the way little children tend to be beyond embarrassment.


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Art is the exclusion of the unnecessary.

Art is the exclusion of the unnecessary.



A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.

A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.



My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.

My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.



Art is an intersection of many human needs.

Art is an intersection of many human needs.



What do little kids do? They crawl on the floor and they build with blocks. I just continued to do that for the rest of my life.

What do little kids do? They crawl on the floor and they build with blocks. I just continued to do that for the rest of my life.



Art is what we do. Culture is what is done to us. A photograph of an art object is not the art object. An essay about an artist's work is not the artist's work.

Art is what we do. Culture is what is done to us. A photograph of an art object is not the art object. An essay about an artist's work is not the artist's work.



A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous.

A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous.



Once you turn something into something, its universal usage is over.

Once you turn something into something, its universal usage is over.



Why carve? It's a better sculpture that way. I'll never improve the block. So I just started using uncarved blocks.

Why carve? It's a better sculpture that way. I'll never improve the block. So I just started using uncarved blocks.



If you're any good as an artist, you have to be doing something nobody else has interest in. Nobody would be interested in my work except a few crazy people.

If you're any good as an artist, you have to be doing something nobody else has interest in. Nobody would be interested in my work except a few crazy people.





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Every form of life is in its origin not natural, but divine and human; for it must spring from love, just as there can be no reason without spirit.

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I wasn't taking so many drugs that it was messing up my creative processes. It was a very good period, 1968 - there was a good feeling in the air. It was a very creative period for everyone.

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