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The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.


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We only exist in terms of how we think we exist. Meaning every cultural development is fabricated and can be fabricated.



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I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.



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The multiplicity of ideas is what Im interested in.



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So we can't go backwards, we can only go where the evolutionary trajectory is taking us and attune our ideas about ourselves and our existence to that course.





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