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I am only describing language, not explaining anything.


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Anything can be art. Art is the relations between relations, not the relations between objects.

Anything can be art. Art is the relations between relations, not the relations between objects.



All art (after Duchamp) is conceptual (in nature) because art only exists conceptually.

All art (after Duchamp) is conceptual (in nature) because art only exists conceptually.



I liked that the work itself was something other than simply what you saw It meant you could have an art work which was that idea of an art work, and its formal components weren't important.

I liked that the work itself was something other than simply what you saw It meant you could have an art work which was that idea of an art work, and its formal components weren't important.



Seeing is not as simple as looking.

Seeing is not as simple as looking.



That celebrated marriage of science and art, photography, seemed at the time to join together how we look at the world, art, with how we were coming to know it, science.

That celebrated marriage of science and art, photography, seemed at the time to join together how we look at the world, art, with how we were coming to know it, science.



Change art to include yourself.

Change art to include yourself.



Making something new to look at is a futile and empty act if its only audience is the eyes.

Making something new to look at is a futile and empty act if its only audience is the eyes.





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Give up your holy books, and remember the Lord, you fool,  and stop oppressing others so badly.

Give up your holy books, and remember the Lord, you fool,  and stop oppressing others so badly.



If I'd wanted you dead five minutes ago, you'd have died five minutes ago.

If I'd wanted you dead five minutes ago, you'd have died five minutes ago.



Our ministry is debt free and we have not had to beg or plead for finances.

Our ministry is debt free and we have not had to beg or plead for finances.



A gentleman is someone who never gives offense unintentionally.

A gentleman is someone who never gives offense unintentionally.



The great thing about getting older is living life.

The great thing about getting older is living life.



I want to eat good Italian food and get better at their language. It seems so romantic too.

I want to eat good Italian food and get better at their language. It seems so romantic too.



The trouble with education is that we always read everything when we're too young to know what it means. And the trouble with life is that we're always too busy to re-read it later.

The trouble with education is that we always read everything when we're too young to know what it means. And the trouble with life is that we're always too busy to re-read it later.



These people hate the United States, not for what we do, but for who we are and what we are.

These people hate the United States, not for what we do, but for who we are and what we are.



The United States of America is the leading power in the world. Our friends and our adversaries respect us in large measure because they know that we are steady. We are fact-based. We are serious.

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