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Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification


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Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.

Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.



A vacant white room with lights is still a submission to the neutral. Works of art seen in such spaces seem to be going through a kind of esthetic convalescence.

A vacant white room with lights is still a submission to the neutral. Works of art seen in such spaces seem to be going through a kind of esthetic convalescence.



Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future

Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future



Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time.

Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time.



Museums are tombs, and it looks like everything is turning into a museum.

Museums are tombs, and it looks like everything is turning into a museum.



A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.

A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.



Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.

Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.



Banal words function as a feeble phenomena that fall into their own mental bogs of meaning.

Banal words function as a feeble phenomena that fall into their own mental bogs of meaning.



Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development.

Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development.



Establish enigmas, not explanations.

Establish enigmas, not explanations.





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It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.

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Prayer is your personal key to heaven.



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As an artist, I have been a risk-taker. And I've done a lot of different things. I don't make it easy for people. Identification is difficult. One doesn't recognize my art right away.

As an artist, I have been a risk-taker. And I've done a lot of different things. I don't make it easy for people. Identification is difficult. One doesn't recognize my art right away.



The beauty of prose fiction that I see is simply that in order to create something you need only pay attention to personal exigency.

The beauty of prose fiction that I see is simply that in order to create something you need only pay attention to personal exigency.



People have tried to control other people by trapping them with debt. A loan can become a harmful and dangerous weapon.

People have tried to control other people by trapping them with debt. A loan can become a harmful and dangerous weapon.



The production process has a great way of bringing songs to light and that's a big part of it.

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The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.

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I never get afraid of things. I only get excited.

I never get afraid of things. I only get excited.




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